Professor in Supply Chain Management & Digital Innovation

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Trondheim; On-site; NOK 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development environment

World-class research infrastructure

Open and inclusive work environment

Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund

Job summary

NTNU’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering invites applications for a Professor or Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management to join the Production Management Research Group. The role emphasizes research excellence, industry engagement, and international collaboration to advance resilient, sustainable, and high-performing supply chains.

You will contribute to education, supervise students and postdocs, and help develop the Logistics4.0 Lab while expanding partnerships with

Qualifications

• academic research production must be within the field of supply chain management
• minimum 5 years of experience after PhD
• documented track record of external research funding
• experience applying qualitative methodologies (case research, action research, conceptual modelling) in supply chain management
• experience applying quantitative methodologies (analytical modelling and data-driven AI-based modelling) and knowledge of programming and simulation tools for supply chain management
• publications in highly ranked journals in your field, with recent work relevant for the mentioned areas and interdisciplinary approaches
• documented experience as researcher/post-doc or equivalent
• documented experience in preparing research funding applications (EU level preferred) and ability to define attractive research
• documented experience in teaching, supervising master students, and assisting supervision of PhD students; ability to define innovative teaching activities
• collaboration experience with industry and/or public sector
• excellent oral and written English language skills

Responsibilities

• international level research in the scientific area of supply chain management, resulting in publications in internationally top ranked journals in your field
• actively build and maintain industrial supply chain network in Norway
• initiate new research projects through active interaction with industry and the funding bodies (e.g. EU and The Norwegian Research Council)
• initiate, participate in, and manage externally and internally funded research projects
• contributing to, fronting and leading the development of the research area within your field of research
• teaching at bachelor, master and PhD levels in all the study programs taught in the department
• supervision of bachelor, master and PhD students and provide mentorship to Postdocs and researchers
• contribute to the development and the activities of the Logistics4.0 Lab
• exam preparation and evaluation
• administrative tasks as required

Skills

excellent English language skills

international collaboration

Job description

NTNU’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering invites applications for a Professor or Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management to join the Production Management Research Group. The role emphasizes research excellence, industry engagement, and international collaboration to advance resilient, sustainable, and high-performing supply chains.

You will contribute to education, supervise students and postdocs, and help develop the Logistics4.0 Lab while expanding partnerships with