Procurement levers for restructuring and turnaround
Short-term, liquidity-effective savings measures in indirect procurement – negotiated, contractually implemented and evidenced per measure. For CROs, restructuring and turnaround advisors who have to deliver non-personnel cost measures under time pressure.
Situations in a restructuring mandate
The action plan contains a large non-personnel cost block, but nobody has capacity for forty supplier negotiations.
The 13-week liquidity forecast needs effective relief, not just planning assumptions.
Immediate operational measures must bring cash within weeks, not in the next financial year.
Measures have to be quantified, documented and tracked in the restructuring concept.
Personnel measures should stay limited; non-personnel costs are the politically viable alternative.
The client cannot fund another advisory module.
Procurement levers in the restructuring plan
We focus where procurement measures work quickly and without investment – contract by contract and supplier by supplier instead of flat cut targets per cost centre.
Renegotiate terms
Prices, index clauses and price increases in running contracts – across all indirect categories.
Include payment terms
Payment terms are part of the conditions we negotiate – aligned with the working capital targets in your concept.
Adjust demand and scope
Bring service levels, volumes and statements of work back to actual demand in the restructuring scenario.
Protect critical suppliers
Choose the negotiation strategy per supplier so that supply capability stays secure.
Evidence earnings improvement
Each measure with baseline, effective date and term effect – for measure controlling and reporting.
Prioritise by liquidity impact
Contracts with fast cash impact first, longer-term levers afterwards.
Liquidity impact instead of planning assumptions
Non-personnel costs are fast, reversible and politically largely free of conflict. They need no social plan, no bank approval and no investment. At the same time, they are the block that is handled most superficially in restructurings.
We back every negotiated saving with baseline, effective date and term effect. This allows it to be reflected in the 13-week liquidity plan, the restructuring plan and measure controlling.
Restructuring concepts, for example under IDW S6, require robust, quantified measures. We deliver the implementation and evidence of the procurement measures; concept, assessment and opinion remain with you.
How to integrate Savify
Non-personnel cost module in the action plan
Savify implements a clearly defined measure; you or the CRO keep steering and measure controlling.
Example: measure “Indirect costs” with target value, Savify as owner and a report in the weekly jour fixe.
Subcontractor within the mandate
We work in the background; towards the client you remain the sender.
Example: your presentation, our negotiation results.
Potential check in the proposal phase
Before the mandate is awarded, we provide a robust assessment of the non-personnel cost potential for your proposal.
Example: a two-page potential estimate that makes your proposal more concrete.
Evidence and reporting module
Documented savings per supplier and category, prepared for opinions, advisory board, banks and creditors.
Example: monthly savings tracking with baseline, realised effect and term effect.
What we take on, what stays with you
Savify takes on
- Spend analysis and prioritisation by liquidity impact
- Benchmarks
- Negotiations with suppliers
- Contract implementation
- Evidence of realised measures
Stays with you
- Mandate
- Restructuring concept
- Liquidity planning
- Stakeholder communication
- Opinion
We do not prepare restructuring opinions or going-concern forecasts.
Process under time pressure
Scope and role
Definition of the non-personnel cost measure, role towards client and CRO, reporting rhythm.
Data handover
Creditor list, contracts and invoices – including flagging of critical suppliers.
Prioritisation
Rank contracts by liquidity impact, feasibility and supply risk.
Negotiation
Negotiation with suppliers in coordination with you.
Evidence
Contractual fixing, savings tracking and handover to measure controlling.
What you gain
- Your action plan gets a line item that delivers within weeks and is cleanly evidenced.
- Your team stays free for financing, stakeholders and concept.
- The client sees quick wins, which strengthens your position in the mandate.
- No conflict with the fee budget, because we work success-based.
Depending on the model, we give you a share of the success fee. The non-personnel cost module then also contributes to the result of your mandate.
Frequently asked questions on restructuring
How quickly do procurement measures affect liquidity?
First negotiated savings typically materialise within a few weeks. We prioritise contracts by liquidity impact so that the measures show up early in the 13-week plan.
Do renegotiations put the supply capability of critical suppliers at risk?
We define the negotiation strategy per supplier together with you. For critical suppliers, securing supply comes before the maximum price effect; a change of supplier only happens after alignment.
How are the measures evidenced?
Per supplier and category we document baseline, negotiated terms, effective date and term effect – prepared for measure controlling, advisory board, banks and creditors.
Does this burden our fee budget within the mandate?
No. Savify is paid exclusively out of realised savings.
Who speaks with the client?
You lead the mandate. We appear exactly as you define, including entirely in the background.
Do you also work in self-administration or StaRUG proceedings?
Yes. Indirect-cost measures are especially valuable there, because they take effect quickly and need no approval from creditor committees.
Do you prepare restructuring opinions?
No. We do not prepare restructuring opinions or going-concern forecasts. We deliver the implementation and evidence of the procurement measures that feed into your concept.
Review savings measures for your restructuring
In a short call we clarify scope, role and the first contracts with liquidity impact. Free and non-binding.
Review savings measures