PhDTalent Assistant / Associate Professor Logistics – Tenure Track – VU University Amsterdam (VU)

PhDTalent Assistant / Associate Professor Logistics – Tenure Track – VU University Amsterdam (VU) – Netherlands
You have a Ph.D. degree related to Business Administration, Information Systems,  or Business Informatics. You have a strong potential and ambition for teaching and research in distribution and service logistics. You have a background in business administration, economics, industrial engineering, logistics, operations management or operations research. You have research experience in distribution logistics, preferably with a focus on service industries, witnessed by international scientific publications.

For a position of associate professor we expect a strong publication record; an ability to initiate and build up a line of research, as shown for instance by a track record in PhD supervision and acquisition of external funding; and experience in teaching and curriculum management.

The assistant professor position is a tenure track position with an initial appointment for 2+4 years and the possibility of tenure. At the end of the second year a performance evaluation will take place deciding on the extension of the appointment for another 4 years. In the fifth year of the appointment the tenure decision will be taken. The associate professor position is initially for a period of two years and the possibility for an indefinite employment. For both assistant professor and associate professor we prefer a full time employee (1.0 fte) but we are prepared to discuss 0.8 fte.

The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel, and depending on experience, in the range of € 3.19,-5 up to € 4.970,- gross per month (salary scales 11 and 12 for Assistant Professor ) and in the range of € 4.428,- up to € 5.920,-  (salary scales 13 and 14 for Associate Professor) gross per month, based on a fulltime employment. You can find information about our excellent fringe benefits of employment at www.workingatvu.nl.

Contract type: Temporary 2+4 years

VU University Amsterdam invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor Logistics for the department Information Systems & Logistics within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEWEB) seeks to combine high quality education with excellent research. The Faculty offers three Dutch taught Bachelor’s programmes (Economics and Business Economics, Econometrics and Operations Research and Business Administration), one English taught Bachelor’s programme (International Business Administration), eight English taught Master’s programmes and thirteen postgraduate programmes. The faculty has several research groups with an outstanding international reputation. FEWEB accommodates approximately 5000 students and 1500 postgraduate students. Over 500 staff members are employed at the Faculty.

The Bachelor- and Master studies in Business Administration are focused on the Service Industry. One of the seven specialisations is Transport & Supply Chain Management (TSCM). In the Bachelor we concentrate on logistics problems of individual companies like manufacturers, retailers or logistics service providers. In the master the cooperation between those partners in the context of Demand driven Supply Chain Management is the dominant paradigm in education and research. Within this context we offer a position.

Additional information

For more information about the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration see: www.feweb.vu.nl. or about the Logistics part of the department Information Systems & Logistics see: www.feweb.vu.nl/logistics.

For more information on the position, please contact dr. ir. K.S. de Smidt – Destombes, k.s.de.smidt-destombes@vu.nl , tel. +31 20 5986194.

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