Assistant or Associate Professor of Logistics and transport

KEDGE Business School est une Ecole de management française de référence présente sur 4 campus en France (Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille et Toulon), 2 en Chine (Shanghai et Suzhou), 2 en Afrique (Sénégal et Cote d'Ivoire) et 5 campus associés (Avignon, Bastia, Bayonne, Dakar, Abidjan).

KEDGE BS propose une offre de 36 formations en management et en design, pour étudiants et professionnels, et déploie des formations sur-mesure pour les entreprises au niveau national et international.

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Classée par le Figaro Etudiant et Challenges 8e meilleure Business School en France et 39e Europe du classement Financial Times, KEDGE Business School est accréditée AACSB, EQUIS et AMBA, reconnue et visée par l'Etat français, et membre de la Conférence des Grandes Ecoles.

Operations Management and Information Systems Department (MOSI)/ The Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation (CESIT)

(Campus of Bordeaux, France)

Position to be filled on a permanent basis

The Department of Operation Management and Information System (MOSI) and the CESIT at KEDGE Business School invites applications for full-time, professorial appointments in logistics and transportation to begin in September 2024 or January 2025.

KEDGE Business School is a vibrant business school with 4 campuses in France (Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, and Toulon), 3 abroad with 2 in China (Shanghai and Suzhou), 1 in Africa (Dakar) and 3 associated campuses in France (Avignon, Bastia, Bayonne). The KEDGE Business School community includes 14,800 students (23% foreign students), 175 full-time faculty members (45% of whom are international), 274 international academic partners and 70,000 alumni across the world. Ranked 31rd amongst European Business Schools, KEDGE Business School is AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accredited, and a member of the French Conférence des Grandes Écoles.

The Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation (CESIT) at Kedge aims at meeting the economic, environmental and societal challenges raised in the Supply Chain, by co-developing, with companies, collectivities, institutional and academic partners, the concepts, methods and innovative tools necessary for the organization and transformation of the supply chain. Our actions do impact academic research, the corporate world, society and education. CESIT experts are at the heart of news and research into supply chains on a national and international level. They are also regularly involved in the media to provide insight into the news through their expertise. They work, organize and participate in many seminars, and international conferences.

The Operations Management and Information Systems Academic Department (MOSI) at KEDGE Business School brings together professors from disciplines including procurement management, supply chain management, quality management, and information systems management. These professors combine theoretical and practical teaching with the aim of providing students with specific knowledge, as well as giving them global and cross-disciplinary insight into supply chain management.

Responsibilities

• Teaching and educational development (undergraduate, graduate and post graduate level).
• Publications in academic and professional journals.
• Research Projects with companies or international institutions
• Participation in national and international calls for projects
• Student supervision and coaching

Profile and skills required

• Doctoral degree in Operations/Supply Chain Management or related field;

• Teaching experience related to Freight Transport, Logistics, Urban Logistics, Customs, 3PL Management and Logistic Supplier Management;

• Publication in the areas of Urban Logistics, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management;

• Experience on innovative projects in last-mile delivery - smart cities would be a plus;

• Relevant expertise in transportation and logistics, distribution networks, inventory management, sustainable operations, decarbonization would be a plus;

• Excellent oral and written communication skills both in English and in French and the ability to teach in both languages.

Application procedure

Interested candidates should provide the following elements:

• a cover letter containing your motivation for the position
• an up-to-date curriculum vitae with a list of publications and most recent representative research papers
• a research statement
• a teaching statement (including course details and course evaluations)
• two references who can be contacted

If you have questions regarding the position, please contact :

Armand BAJARD

Head of MOSI department

Frédéric BABONNEAU

Head of the Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation

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