Tuesday, July 12, 2011

[DMANET] Post-Doctoral Position in Supply Chain Management and Logistics

HEC Management School – University of Liège (HEC-ULg) invites applications
for a post-doctoral position in Supply Chain Management and Logistics.

The appointment will be for one calendar year, starting on October 1, 2011,
or on a later date to be agreed.

Prerequisites for qualification are a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management, in
Logistics, in Operations Research, or in a related field. The candidate
should demonstrate excellent potential for academic research. The School is
especially interested in candidates with an interest in the areas of
transportation planning, vehicle routing, production planning and
scheduling, design and coordination of distribution networks, closed-loop
and green logistics. A strong background in operations research and
optimization is an asset.

The successful candidate will be a member of the research center QuantOM
(Quantitative methods and Operations Management). QuantOM results from the
association of several faculty members and researchers under a common label
to stimulate and promote research conducted at HEC-ULg, and more broadly,
within the University of Liège, in the fields of quantitative methods
(including operations research, mathematical programming, and statistics),
operations management, and logistics.

HEC-ULg, one of the leading Belgian management schools for graduate and
postgraduate programs, has 60 faculty members and more than 2400 students.
The international vision of HEC-ULg translates into multiple research
activities in management and economics, numerous partnerships with worldwide
companies and universities, and growing internationalization of its programs
and faculty.

HEC-ULg is located in Liège, Belgium's third largest city and the largest
agglomeration of the French-speaking Walloon region, at the heart of Europe.
Liège boasts a rich cultural and industrial tradition, the third inland port
of Europe and the eighth freight airport in Europe. Recognized for its
quality of life, Liège is ideally situated within the Meuse-Rhin Euregio, 40
kilometers from Maastricht (the Netherlands) and 60 kilometers from Aachen
(Germany). It is less than 1.5 hours away from Köln, 2.5 hours from Paris
and 4 hours from London by high-speed train (TGV).

Candidates should send a full curriculum vitae, a copy of their recent
publications, a letter describing their research interests, and the names of
at least two academic references to

Prof. Y. Arda, HEC Management School, University of Liège,
Yasemin.Arda@ulg.ac.be

and

Prof. Y. Crama, HEC Management School, University of Liège,
Yves.Crama@ulg.ac.be

Deadline: September 1, 2011, or until the position is filled.

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Yasemin ARDA

Associate Professor

QuantOM, Research Centre in Quantitative Methods and Operations Management

HEC - Management School, University of Liège

Rue Louvrex, 14 / Building N1 / 4000 Liège / Belgium

<mailto:yasemin.arda@ulg.ac.be> yasemin.arda@ulg.ac.be

Phone : +32 (0) 4 366 31 97

Fax: +32 (0) 4 366 27 67

Office: 336 (Building N1)

Service: Supply Chain Management

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