Professorship in Performance Management and Supply Chain Management at the Department of Operations Management

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant Professorship in Performance Management and Supply Chain Management at the Department of Operations Management. 

The Department of Operations Management is a broad business studies department that researches and teaches managerial, operational challenges of decision-making and economics.

The Department has a strong commitment to detailed empirical analysis and strives to hit the right mix of classical research projects and collaborations with corporative and institutional partners.

Core research areas of the Department of Operations Management that the professor must cover one or more of are the five academic research areas: Supply chain management (design and management of flows of goods, services, knowledge and information between firms); Performance management (design, use, and effects of financial and non-financial measures in strategy development and implementation); Innovation management (deployment of management tools and mechanisms to connect technology, organization and markets); Operations management (relation between production, organization, and strategy in manufacturing and service industries); Managerial economics (decision modelling around pricing, costing, production planning and forecasting).  

It is the ambition of the Department to question and debate the boundaries of our many disciplines. This plurality allows for an unparalleled level of cross-disciplinary exchange of research ideas and in this interaction foster a strong, visionary intellectual environment.

Teaching responsibilities of the Department comprise undergraduate and graduate teaching in undergraduate, graduate, masters, executive and PhD programmes in economics and business administration. Our mission is to deliver excellent research-led education to a world-wide audience at all levels, as well as to engage with business and society.  

The position is a full Professorship with research and teaching obligations. 

Successful applicants must have an international profile, a strong record of research publications, and teaching experience in performance management and supply chain management. They must be capable of providing dynamic leadership in the development of research and teaching, in securing external research funding, and in establishing strong ties with industry.  

To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the applicant chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department as well as maintaining and establishing broad links across CBS. 

Responsibilities 

• Personal research meeting high international standards, including responsibility for publishing, scientific communication and research-based teaching. 
• The academic development of discipline. 
• Research management, initiation of research projects, supervision of PhD students, international research co-operation, reviewing for academic journals. 
• Research education and further training of researchers, supervision of assistant professors and assessment committee work. 
• Teaching and associated examination in existing CBS programs, including Executive Education. 
• Promoting CBS’s academic reputation. 
• Initiating, fund raising and coordinating research projects. 
• Promoting the teaching and research capabilities of Copenhagen Business School and other relevant assignments at Copenhagen Business School. 
• Contributing to the administrative responsibilities of the Department and to CBS-wide tasks. 
• Communicating findings to the public in general and to CBS’s stakeholders in particular. 
• Active participation in the regular research activities, such as research seminars, workshops and conferences.  

Qualifications 

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate a well established research profile within one or more of the areas of the department and profiles within performance management and supply chain management will have an advantage. Special emphasis will be put on a strong record of research publications at a high international level, and experience in curriculum development and documented teaching skills:

• Candidates must be capable of providing dynamic leadership in the development of research and teaching, in securing external research funding, and in establishing strong ties with industry.
• Candidates must document a high degree of relevant, original and up-to-date scientific publications at an international level within the areas performance management and supply chain management. The fields of performance management and supply chain management includes design and use of performance information in the value chain but is interpreted broadly.
• Importance is put on the candidate’s ability to undertake research management and other relevant management functions. 
• The candidate should be able to document pedagogical qualifications, good teaching evaluations, and the ability to innovate within the educational field. 
• CBS emphasises the candidate’s ability to establish productive contacts with the business community. 

The applicant must have professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). 

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities). 

For further information please contact: Head of Department Carsten Ørts Hansen, tel.: +45 3815 2483, e-mail ch.om@cbs.dk. Information about the department may be found at https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-operations-management.

The appointment will be made on contractual terms corresponding to a salary grade 37 plus a personal allowance. 

Application 

Application must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below. 

Application must include: 

1. A statement of application. 
2. Proof of qualifications and a full CV. 
3. Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level, including publications in the field’s internationally recognized journals and citations in the Social Science Citation Index, Scopus and/or Google Scholar. 
4. A teaching portfolio documenting teaching qualifications and pedagogical development. The portfolio must include an overview of the applicants past teaching achievements and practice and its impact on the students, reflections on pedagogical competencies and core strengths, the educational competencies the applicant would like to develop, and the teaching opportu-nities they would like to pursue in the nearest future. Internal applicants must use the CBS Teaching Portfolio format. It is available at www.share.cbs.dk. Please make a pdf of each of the spreadsheets from part B of the portfolio. 
5. Information indicating experience in research management, industry co-operation and international co-operation. 
6. A complete, numbered list of publications (indicating titles, co-authors, page numbers and year) with an * marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 10 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritise their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement. 
7. Copies of the publications marked with an *. Only publications written in English (or another specified principal language, according to research tradition) or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration. 

Recruitment procedure  

The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline.

The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment. 

Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application. 

Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline. 

Copenhagen Business School invites all qualified candidates to apply for the position. An appointment committee will review the applications and invite a selection of qualified candidates to an interview.

One of CBS’ strategic goals is the promotion of diversity, which is why every effort has been made to ensure a recruitment process that reduces potential bias. Applicants are therefore encouraged not to include a photo or unnecessary personal information in their application.

Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at www.cbs.dk. 

Closing date: 4 February 2025.

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