Jason Heinrich

Jason Heinrich is the Global Solution Leader of Bain Cost Transformation, including Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) and Zero-based Redesign (ZBR). 

Since joining Bain, Jason has worked with clients across real estate, manufacturing, retail, consumer products, agriculture, automotive, financial services, healthcare, tech and aerospace & defense.  His experience includes growth strategy, cost reduction, merger integration and full business transformation. 

Over the last 17 years, Jason has worked closely with change-oriented management teams and activist investors to drive large-scale cost transformation programs. This work has included a "clean-sheet" zero-based redesign of a $30B consumer company and the installation of full zero-based budgeting systems in CPG, global technology and drug distribution. 

Jason also has deep expertise in indirect procurement, business process redesign, functional G&A optimization and manufacturing footprint realignment.

He has been cited in several business journals, including Forbes and The Wall Street Journal on zero-based budgeting and cost transformation.

Jason holds master's degrees in development studies and technology policy from the London School of Economics & Political Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively. He also earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Kansas State University.