He teaches and conducts research in supply chain management, with a primary interest in the sharing of information and collaborative decision-making in the grocery supply chain. Jain's projects often involve modeling and optimization of large operations decisions, such as priority scheduling decisions at Netflix and replenishment ordering decisions in the apparel industry. Before joining academia, he worked in consumer packaged goods manufacturing and as an operations management consultant in Asia. Jain holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University.