"Tenure Track Assistant Professor"

Job Details

University of Minnesota

Curtis L. Carlson School of Management Supply Chain and Operations Department

Faculty Position - Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Position Description

We invite applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. Applicants must possess a Ph.D. in supply chain and operations management or related disciplines. The position, contingent upon budgetary/administrative approval, has a proposed appointment start date of August 31, 2026. Preference will be given to applicants with strong methodological training and evidence of research on contemporary and impactful problems in the domain of supply chain and operations, as well as the potential to excel in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.

Program/Unit Description:

The Supply Chain and Operations (SCO) Department at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota has 9 tenured/tenure-track faculty and 3 full-time teaching faculty. The department faculty teach courses in the undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D., and other specialty programs, and conduct a wide variety of research in the Supply Chain and Operations discipline. The department is home to the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program, targeted at high-potential working professionals, and the Joseph M. Juran Center for Research in Supply Chain, Operations, and Quality. The Carlson School's undergraduate program and Master of Science program in supply chain management are ranked among the top 10 in North America. The department has an active doctoral program with 9 full-time students currently in residence. For more information on the department, visit https://carlsonschool.umn.edu/departments/supply-chain-operations-department.

The Carlson School of Management is home to many eminent scholars in a wide array of disciplines and has a long tradition of active scholarship. For more information on the school, visit https://carlsonschool.umn.edu/

The Carlson School of Management and the University of Minnesota are situated at the heart of the Minneapolis-St. Paul business community, whose economy is fueled by the global manufacturing, medical device and healthcare, food and agribusiness, and retail industry sectors. Headquartered in Minneapolis-St. Paul are 17 Fortune 500 companies, including 3M, Target, General Mills, United Health Group, Best Buy, Land O'Lakes, C. H. Robinson, and Ameriprise. The Carlson School faculty benefit greatly by partnering with the business community directly and through its many research centers. The Carlson School offers ample financial resources and an excellent infrastructure to support research and teaching excellence. It provides a vibrant scholarly environment for pursuing cross-disciplinary research on significant problems.

Application Process

Interested applicants must apply online at http://employment.umn.edu and enter job ID: 370203 in the "keywords" search box. Applicants should follow instructions and submit all the requested documents listed online. For questions about the application process, contact Vicki Lund at lundx006@umn.edu or (612) 624-9827.

Application Deadline

The search committee will begin reviewing applications on October 6, 2025. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

Interviewing

The search committee intends to undertake the initial screening interviews, once the review of application begins.

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