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John Cheru leads indirect procurement for North America at Boston Consulting Group. He is a core member of the firm’s Financial Services, Consumer, and Health Care practices. John has worked on multiple large scale transformation projects across industries, including in financial services, restaurants, retail, health care, and travel and tourism.

John has led several end-to-end large cost-transformation projects covering: procurement/sourcing excellence, procurement org design, procurement process design and systems, P&L flow-through, global sourcing and private label sourcing, and post-merger integration.

Prior to joining BCG, John worked as COO for J&J Buying Service PLC, India, the contracted sourcing/procurement office of some of the world's leading retailers

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • MS, Stanford University
  • BS, India Institute of Technology, Madras

Publications and Videos

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A Unified Approach to End-to-End Supply Chain Transformation

With parallels to the complexities of building a house, BCG’s approach to transforming a supply chain emphasizes the importance of coordination, digital enablement, and speed.
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Seven Forces Reshaping Procurement

To support their company’s strategic decisions, procurement leaders should monitor a wide variety of trends that affect supply availability and costs.
Can Banks Find the Cost Savings Hiding in Plain Sight?

Can Banks Find the Cost Savings Hiding in Plain Sight?

Savings are waiting to be tapped in many areas. Banks that take an aggressive approach to improving procurement can boost net income before taxes by 3% to 4%.