Vinayak Dinesh

About Vinayak Dinesh

With over eleven years of experience, I contribute to solving complex supply chain challenges as Manager of Supply Chain Research at Amazon. My work focuses on leading a cross-functional team to drive optimization and simulation products across areas such as Planning, Network Design, and Packaging Design, directly shaping strategic decisions for capacity and cost efficiency. Leveraging expertise in strategic planning, stakeholder management, and mentoring, I am committed to fostering collaboration and innovation. My goal is to enable scalable, impactful solutions that align with Amazon\'s vision while supporting the growth and development of my team.

Experience

1. Manager, Supply Chain Research (Row)

   Amazon

   Dec 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Built and lead a 10+ member cross-functional Science and BIE team, scaling from a single-member group to a globally recognized organization driving Planning and Packaging Design optimization and simulation products across First-Mile S & OP, Long-Term Planning, Network Design, Labor Planning, and Packaging Design, directly influencing strategic capacity and cost decisions.• Grew team entitlement from $0.72 M to $100 M+ USD, reflecting rapid expansion in charter and measurable business impact.• Authored multiple strategy documents defining the Optimization Charter for Planning, shaping RoW Marketplace first-mile and network design direction over the past two years.• Partnered with global science teams to localize and deploy NA/EU optimization models for IN, JP, and BR, bridging marketplace gaps through custom feature development, stakeholder alignment, and hands-on implementation.• Acted as product owner and internal evangelist for planning tools—gathering customer feedback, defining feature roadmaps, and leading “sales” and onboarding efforts to new marketplaces.• Fostered a high-performance team culture emphasizing end-to-end ownership, science rigor, and product thinking; mentored scientists and analysts in experimentation, model interpretability, and stakeholder communication.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Industrial Engineering

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Forecasting
• Analytics
• Python
• Arena Simulation Software
• Optimization
• Statistical Modeling
• R
• C#
• Business Analytics
• Minitab
• Manufacturing Systems
• Operations Research
• Ampl
• Operations Management
• Sql
• Data Mining
• Web Scraping
• Industrial Engineering
• Mathematical Modeling
• Design of Experiments
• Simulations
• Probability
• Statistics
• Supply Chain Management
• Regression Analysis