Goal

What the client needed to achieve

A Fortune 500 petroleum refiner and distributor planned to acquire a leading international producer of base oils—an acquisition that would transform the company into a global organization. To ensure a seamless integration across business units, geographies, and technology platforms, the company needed experienced program leadership to manage the 14-month transition and avoid costly delays.

Sendero was engaged to lead the integration program and provide project management expertise across all business and IT workstreams.

Results

An on-time, globally coordinated integration

Delivery

How Sendero delivered

Sendero expanded the client’s Program Management Office and led a cross-functional team to oversee integration planning, execution, and post-go-live stabilization. The team coordinated work across 11 business units and multiple vendors, ensuring technical and operational alignment from day one.

Highlights:

• Established and staffed an Integration PMO to oversee all merger activities
• Led infrastructure planning and deployment across global refinery sites
• Managed SDLC for new IT applications supporting post-merger operations
• Oversaw testing phases including Unit, Integration, and User Acceptance Testing
• Executed multiple mock cutover cycles and managed the final go-live process
• Provided structured communication and change management support to global stakeholders

Practice

Global collaboration through structure and leadership

Through disciplined project management and seamless coordination between global teams, Sendero helped the client achieve a complex international integration on time and within scope. The result was a unified, global oil and gas organization equipped with the systems, processes, and infrastructure to support continued growth.

Key Contacts

Jay Jayasuriya

Principal, Consulting

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Wayne Tung

Managing Director, Consulting

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