About Woodstock Group
Divesture Services
- Divestiture planning for procurement organizations requires a structured, risk-managed approach to separating people, processes, data, contracts, and technology while maintaining uninterrupted business operations. Woodstock Group supports this process by working closely with executive leadership, legal, and finance teams to define clear separation principles and decision rights early in the transaction lifecycle.
- From a data perspective, Woodstock Group helps identify which supplier master data, pricing records, transaction histories, and compliance documentation can be transferred, which must remain with the parent organization, and which require restricted or temporary access under transition service agreements.
- On the contractual front, supplier agreements are reviewed for assignability, change-of-control clauses, volume commitments, and termination risks, with proactive supplier engagement strategies developed to preserve supply continuity and minimize commercial disruption.
- Personnel and IT separation are addressed with equal rigor. Woodstock Group evaluates procurement roles and talent to determine which individuals transition with the divested entity, which remain with the parent, and where interim leadership or operational coverage is required to mitigate execution risk.
- In parallel, the firm designs pragmatic IT separation and carve-out plans, particularly where procurement systems, ERPs, supplier networks, and reporting platforms are shared.
- This often includes defining TSA scope and duration, implementing data-access controls, and sequencing system disentanglement to avoid operational breaks.
- Through this integrated approach, Woodstock Group ensures procurement remains compliant, functional, and value-focused from Day One through full separation, while positioning both organizations for long-term operational independence and stability.