Tenure Track Position in Business Administration with a focus on Digital Supply Chain Management

Universität Innsbruck

Announcement: Tenure Track Position in Business Administration with a focus on Digital Supply Chain Management

At the Department of Information Systems, Production and Logistics Management at the Faculty of Business and Management at the University of Innsbruck seeks to fill a

Tenure Track Position
in
Business Administration with a focus on Digital Supply Chain Management

at the earliest convenience. Responsibilities This tenure-track position is to conduct independent research and teaching in the area of Business Administration, in particular Digital Supply Chain Management. The main areas of research should be the design, planning and control of value-adding processes, both internally (production planning and control) and/or in logistical networks (supply chain management), based on empirical methods made possible by new technological developments in the context of digitalization. Operations research, business analytics and artificial intelligence are particularly relevant here. Close collaboration with the research center Innsbruck Decision Sciences (IDS) and the Digital Science Center (DISC) is expected, as well as participation in the cross-faculty research platform Economy, Politics & Society (EPoS). Teaching comprises the (co-)supervision of courses primarily in the Bachelor program Management and Economics and the Master program Information Systems in the area of Production and Logistics Management or Operations Management, respectively, as well as the (co-)supervision of theses. Participation in academic self-administration is taken for granted. Employment Requirements include

1. doctoral degree in a discipline relevant to the subject area (or a related discipline);
2. post-doc experience and/or professional experience;
3. output beyond the PhD, documented by publications in international peer reviewed journals;
4. interdisciplinary work;
5. international research network;
6. involvement in research projects;
7. experience with the acquisition of competitive grants;
8. pronounced teaching skills and experience with (co-) supervising students;
9. communication skills for team work;
10. organizational and management qualities;
11. fluency in English is required; knowledge of the German language is not strictly required for this position, but the successful applicant will convincingly demonstrate her/his willingness to become proficient in the language at the level of teaching in the BSc program.

Description of the Position A tenure-track position at the University of Innsbruck provides a career pathway leading to a tenured full professorship. The successful applicant will receive a six-year employment contract under the ‘Angestelltengesetz’ (Employees Act) with a full-time workload (100%). Concurrently, they will enter into a ‘Qualification Agreement’ in accordance with § 27 of the ‘Kollektivvertrag’ (Austrian Collective Labour Agreement for university personnel) and will commence at the rank of Assistant Professor. Upon successful completion of the ‘Qualification Agreement’ requirements, the position will be converted to a tenured role, and the candidate will be promoted to Associate Professor. Thereafter, a full professorship under § 99 (4) of the ‘Universitätsgesetz’ (Austrian University Act) may be opened, for which the Associate Professor will be eligible to apply. Your application must have arrived by 21.04.2025 at Universität Innsbruck Fakultäten Servicestelle Standort Karl-Rahner-Platz 3, A-6020 Innsbruck (fss-karlrahnerplatz@uibk.ac.at). The University of Innsbruck seeks to increase the proportion of female scientists in the faculty – so that applications from top-qualified female scientists are especially encouraged. With equal qualification, female applicants will be given priority. In line with the ‘Kollektivvertrag’ (Austrian Collective Labor Agreement for university personnel) scientists who have entered a ‘Qualification Agreement’ are in remuneration group A2 with an initial wage of € 5.808,20/ month (14 times). After fulfillment of the Agreement, the salary rises to € 6.285,80/ month (14 times). Moreover, the university offers attractive additional benefits (see http://www.uibk.ac.at/universitaet/zusatzleistungen). The application must at least contain a full CV including the scientific and professional career stages; a list of scientific publications, speeches as well as other scientific activities (like seminars, conferences, etc.); Description of completed, ongoing and planned research projects and the five most important works of the applicant. Research and teaching concept, as well as a statement of the qualification goals which the applicant wishes to reach at this position (e.g., habilitation). These are to be explained at the hearing and subsequently represent the starting point for the negotiation of the ‘Qualification Agreement’.
The application must be submitted in digital form (e-mail with pdf attachment). The full official text in German (as published in the University Bulletin (Mitteilungsblatt) on 24.03.2025) and the latest details on the vacancy are available at:
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.home Up-to-date information on the state of the opening can be found at https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/fakultaeten-servicestelle/standorte/karlrahnerplatz3/berufung/ Univ.- Prof.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Veronika Sexl
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