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Dear SIM division members:

I would like to draw your attention to the following job offer at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Please forward this offer to any suitable candidates. I am available for any inquiries related to this offer.

Many thanks and kind regards,

Christian Busse

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The Chair of Sustainable Production Management, Department of Business Administration, Economics, and Law within the Faculty II of Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg offers one full-time (100%) and one part-time (50%) position as

Postdoctoral Research Associate and/or Ph.D. Student,

beginning in April 2017 or later. The position is initially limited for three years, with prospect for continuation. Gross salary is according to TV-L E13 and depends on formal qualifications and previous experience, ranging from approx. € 3,587 to approx. € 5,177 a month. The position is suitable for part-time work.

Your tasks

• Preparing and teaching courses related to operations and supply chain management and/or corporate sustainability
• Supervising and evaluating final theses and exams
• Participating in research projects and writing of scientific papers in the domain of "Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management." The exact focus will be developed jointly with the supervisor

Hiring prerequisites

• Excellent degree at master/Ph.D. level in management, economics, another social science, a natural science, or engineering
• Personal or professional connection to operations and supply chain management and/or corporate sustainability
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Proven analytical skills and creativity
• Strong motivation for achievement, curiosity, and a sense of responsibility
• Postdoctoral candidates should also have a track record of studies aimed at publication in renowned international journals

Prior teaching experience, research experience, project management experience, and willingness to learn German are advantageous.

What we offer

We offer you the chance of working jointly with motivated colleagues in a dynamic environment on socially relevant challenges. In our ongoing research, we strive to establish a better understanding of supply chain sustainability risks, we explore the drivers of corporate carbon emissions, and we seek to design specific sustainability related innovations. We want to enable you to develop your own contributions for understanding and mitigating the aforementioned or other sustainability related challenges. To this aim, we act as critical counterparts and seek to challenge you on theoretical, methodological, or substantive grounds. We use our excellent international reputation and our integration into international research networks to facilitate research stays abroad and to help you lay the ground for your own scientific career. We are also interested in collaboration with regional firms.

The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. In order to increase the percentage of female faculty members, female candidates with equal qualification will be given preference. Applicants with disabilities will be preferentially considered in case of equal qualification.

If this sounds interesting to you and you have a master level degree /Ph.D. in a related subject, please send an application including your CV, the names and addresses of at least two referees who know you well, and your university and high school certificates as soon as possible to Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Department of Business Administration, Economics, and Law, PD Dr. Christian Busse, 26111 Oldenburg. If possible, we would ask you to send all documents in a single PDF file to Ms. Heide Elsner (heide.elsner@uni-oldenburg.de). The application deadline is March 31, 2017.

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PD Dr. Christian Busse
Senior Researcher and Lecturer

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Chair of Logistics Management
WEV F 124
Weinbergstrasse 56/58
8092 Zurich
Switzerland

Phone: +41 44 632 0882
Fax: +41 44 632 1526
E-Mail:  cbusse@ethz.ch

Web: http://www.scm.ethz.ch/