Professor or Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management

NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Trondheim

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Company
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Location
Trondheim
Posted
September 24, 2026

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KHQjc4ndas&t=41s Om stillingen Supply chains are at the core of industrial competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience. As industries face the twin transitions of digitalization and the Green Shift, advances in artificial intelligence, data analytics, and automation are creating new opportunities to transform how supply chains are designed, managed, and improved. We are seeking an Associate Professor/Professor in Supply Chain Management to join the Production Management Research Group at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MTP) at NTNU, an internationally recognized environment for research in production, logistics, and industrial systems. Supported by the state-of-the-art Logistics 4.0 Lab, the group conducts cutting-edge research in close collaboration with industry and leading international partners, with projects funded by the EU, the Research Council of Norway, and other major funding bodies. We are looking for an experienced researcher who can strengthen and expand our capabilities through research excellence, industry engagement, and external collaboration. You bring a strong understanding of industrial challenges and opportunities, enabling you to build meaningful partnerships and translate research into impact. Through your experience, professional network, and fresh perspectives, you will help shape new research directions, strengthen our collaboration with industry, and further develop our international standing. As part of our group, you will contribute to developing future engineers and managers capable of designing, implementing, and improving integrated supply chains that connect people, products, materials, information, technologies, and resources across the entire value chain. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MTP) at NTNU offers a vibrant and interdisciplinary research environment spanning logistics, production management, robotics, product development, materials science, and risk and reliability. We combine academic excellence with strong industrial relevance and are committed to fostering an open, collaborative, and inclusive community. The department offers education at all levels, from Bachelor's and Master's programs to PhD studies, within mechanical- management-, and industrial engineering, along with ICT. We welcome candidates who take a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to supply chain management, combining perspectives from industrial engineering and management, and decision science, with computer science, social science, natural science. Particular interest will be given to research addressing the role of emerging technologies, such as AI and digital technologies in enabling resilient, sustainable, circular, and high-performing supply chains that support the future of Norwegian and global industry, as well as their seamless integration in raw material sourcing, product development and supply chain design, and end-of-life product and material recovery and r-strategies. Your immediate leader is Head of Department. Duties of the position 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 Required qualifications You must have the qualifications required for the position of Professor or Associate Professor in the field of supply chain management, as outlined in the regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts. To qualify for this Professor or Associate Professor position, we require the following: your academic research production must be within the field of supply chain management you must have minimum 5 year of experience (after PhD) either from supply chain work in industry or research in academia you must document a track record of collecting external research funding if your work experience is from academia you must have experience of applying qual

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