Rate My Professor Frank Rozemeijer

Prof. Dr. Frank Rozemeijer is a Full Professor in the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, holding the NEVI Chair in Purchasing and Supply Management since 2007. He obtained his Master’s degree in Business Economics from the University of Amsterdam in 1994, with a thesis on outsourcing relationships in the Dutch maintenance industry. He earned his PhD in Technology Management, specifically Purchasing Management, from Eindhoven University of Technology in 2000, with a dissertation titled 'How to organise for purchasing synergies in large companies?' Prior to Maastricht, Rozemeijer collaborated with Prof. Arjan van Weele on a Philips Electronics project, resulting in the book 'Revolution in Purchasing: Building competitive power through proactive' (1996). He worked at RSM Erasmus University, as a part-time postdoc at TU/e, and in consulting roles at Holland Consulting Group, Compendium, Solvint, and FRConsulting, embodying a 'pracademic' approach that integrates academia with industry practice.

Rozemeijer’s expertise spans procurement, purchasing, supplier relationship management, supplier development, supply management, supply chain management, sourcing, outsourcing, social media applications, creativity, leadership development, and executive education. His research explores supply chain collaboration, supplier preferential treatment, sourcing team creativity, co-innovation, personal leadership, job crafting, and emerging digital technologies in procurement. Key publications include the textbook 'Procurement and Supply Chain Management' (2022, with Arjan J. van Weele), 'Dynamic capabilities for digital procurement transformation: a systematic literature review' (2023), 'The impact of asymmetric perceptions of buyer-supplier governance mechanisms on relational rents' (2022), 'Brave new procurement deals: An experimental study of how generative artificial intelligence reshapes buyer-supplier negotiations' (2025), and highly cited works such as 'Buying business services: towards a structured service purchasing process' (2009, 261 citations), 'Creating corporate advantage through purchasing: toward a contingency model' (2003, 256 citations), and 'Decomposing the effect of supplier development on relationship benefits: The role of relational capital' (2013, 183 citations). He coordinates the Strategic Sourcing course (EBC4013) in the MSc International Business Supply Chain Management program, directs the NEVI Procurement Leadership Program, co-founded the Brightlands Institute for Smart Sustainable Supply Chains (BISCI), and coached Maastricht University teams to win the ISM Global Case Competition in 2021 and 2022.