Professor or Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management

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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 qualitative methodologies, in particular case research, action research, conceptual modelling in supply chain management.
• you must have experience of applying quantitative methodologies, in particular analytical modelling and data-driven (AI-based) modelling, and knowledge in programming and simulation tools for supply chain management.
• you must have publications in highly ranked journals in your field. Scientific articles published in the last five years (excluding career breaks) with relevance for the research areas mentioned above and where interdisciplinary approaches are used will weigh strongest in the evaluation and ranking. The scientific publication record will be evaluated in light of the length of the applicant's academic career taking into account the research field.
• you must have documented experience as researcher/post-doc or equivalent.
• you must have documented experience at least in preparing research funding applications (EU level will be preferred) and you must show ability to define proper attractive research. For professorship position, you must have documented experience in successful funding applications and managing roles in research projects.
• you must have documented experience in teaching, supervising master students, and assisting the supervision of PhD students and you must show ability to define innovative teaching activities. For professorship position, you must have documented experience in supervising PhD students
• you must have collaboration experience with industry and/or public sector
• you need excellent oral and written English language skills

You must document relevant basic competence for teaching and supervision at university/higher education-level, ref. Regulations. If this cannot be documented, you are required to complete an approved course in university teaching within two years of commencement. NTNU offers qualifying courses.

New employees who do not speak a Scandinavian language by appointment is required, within three years, to demonstrate skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language equivalent to level three of the course for Norwegian for speakers of other languages at the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU. 

Preferred qualifications

• you should have international collaboration experience and an internationally oriented mindset
• you should have experience in participation in the development of educational materials
• you should have experience in designing and developing experimental research both in industrial context and laboratory environment
• you should be fluent in Norwegian (or Scandinavian) language for teaching and actively pursue network building in industry  

Personal qualities

• high ambitions, both on behalf of your own achievements and those of colleagues
• reliable and respectful
• positive, curios and willing to learn, 
• self-motivated and motivational
• problem solver, systematic and systems-thinker
• willing to collaborate both within groups in the department and across NTNU
• able to work both independently and in a team
• willing to share results with colleagues locally and globally
• emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We offer 

• a work environment for professional development as researcher and educator
• a world class infrastructure for research
• exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment
• an open and inclusive work environment with dedicated colleagues
• favored terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• employee benefits

Application Process

You can find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here.

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Salary and conditions

In a position as Professor (code 1013) you will normally be remunerated from gross NOK 800000 to NOK 1000000 per year, depending on qualifications and seniority.

In a position as Associate Professor (code 1011) you will normally be remunerated from gross NOK 600000 to NOK 800000 per year, depending on qualifications and seniority.

As required by law, 2% of this salary will be deducted and paid into the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU.  

After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

For the necessary professional and social interaction, it is a prerequisite that you are physically present and available to the institution on a daily basis.

About the application

Your application and supporting documentation must be in English.

Please note that applications are only evaluated based on the information available on the application deadline. You should ensure that your application shows clearly how your skills and experience meet the criteria which are set out above.

Length of the academic career will be considered in evaluating the application. If, for any reason, you have taken a career break or have had an atypical career and wish to disclose this in your application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognizing that the quantity of your research may be reduced as a result.

The application must include:

• CV, certificates and diplomas
• academic works - published or unpublished - that you would like to be considered in the assessment (up to 10 works - Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to identify your contribution to joint works, you must attach a brief description of your participation)
• details of the projects you have initiated, participated in and managed, with information about funding, duration and size
• a description of the academic works that you regard as most relevant and that you particularly want to be considered in the assessment
• a description (maximum 3-5 pages) on how the candidate envisions her/his research in a Norwegian context and what would be the main sources of funding
• a description of the teaching activities that you regard as most relevant and that you particularly want to be considered in the assessment
• a description (maximum 2 pages) on how the candidate envisions her/his teaching activities in a Norwegian context
• name and contact details of three references

It is important that you both document and reflect on your competence. You are encouraged to use the NTNUs competence matrix as a guide for  documentation of your competence.

Joint work will also be considered. If it is difficult to identify your specific input to a joint project, you must include evidence of your contributions.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal and interpersonal qualities. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of the candidates. Our assessment of the pedagogical skills will be based on documented pedagogical material, forms of presentation in your academic works, teaching experience, PhD, and Masters supervision, and any other relevant pedagogical background. Both quality and scope will be taken into consideration, and an open scientific practice will be recognized.

NTNU is obliged by the evaluation criteria for research quality in accordance with The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment – DORA and the obligations in the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment ( CoARA) on responsible assessment of research and recognition of a wider range of academic contributions to science and society. This means that we will pay particular attention to the quality and academic range demonstrated by your scientific work to date. We will also pay attention to research leadership and participation in research projects. Your scientific work from the last five years will be given the most weight.

Your application will be considered by an expert committee. Candidates of interest will be invited to an interview, and to deliver a trial teaching session.

General information

Diversity is a strength, and at NTNU we aim to be an employer that reflects the diversity in society and that makes use of the potential of the population's collective skills. Our vision is Knowledge for a better world and our values ​​are creative, critical, constructive and respectful. We believe that an organization that is equal, diverse, and gender-balanced is essential for us to achieve our goals.

We strive to attract employees with different skills, life experiences and perspectives to contribute to even better problem solving of our societal mission in research and education.  

If you think this position is relevant and interesting, we encourage you to apply, regardless of gender, functional ability, and cultural background, or whether you have been out of work for a period of time.

At NTNU we want to increase the proportion of women in scientific positions. We have a number of measures to promote equality. 

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The city of Trondheim is a modern European city with a rich cultural scene. Trondheim is the innovation capital of Norway with a population of 200,000. The Norwegian welfare state, including healthcare, schools, kindergartens and overall equality, is probably the best of its kind in the world. Professional subsidized day-care for children is easily available. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life and has low crime rates and clean air quality.

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As an employee at NTNU, you must continually maintain and improve your professional development and be flexible regarding any organizational changes.

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you want to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with current legislation. You will be notified if the reservation is not accepted.

For the sake of transparency, candidates will be given expert evaluations of their own and other candidates. As an applicant you are considered part of the process and are stipulated by rules of confidentiality. 

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Prof. Fabio Sgarbossa (Production Management group leader), email: fabio.sgarbossa@ntnu.no. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Linn-Cecilie Felle Brattheim, e-mail: linn.c.felle@ntnu.no

Application deadline: 25.10.2026