Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management

The University of Auckland creates globally transformative impacts through our distinctive strengths in world-leading research, scholarship, teaching and collaborative partnerships, inspired by our unique position in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.

Housed in the state of the art architecturally designed Sir Owen G Glenn Building, our top-ranked, triple-crown accredited University of Auckland Business School is seeking to recruit established and early career academics to join its world class faculty. It is the largest business school in New Zealand and has an international reputation for academic excellence. The Business School comprises seven academic departments with a strong reputation across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. We support exceptional, internationally recognised faculty who are characterised by their desire to make a difference to business in New Zealand, the global economy and society more generally. The University has recently set a new strategic plan, Taumata Teitei, which can be interpreted from te reo Māori as pursuing excellence, despite uncertainty. It recognises the exciting challenges posed by the concerns of our age. Applications are encouraged from scholars who are committed to making an impact through research and teaching and with interests in any area of relevance to business.

Our Business School strives to influence policy development, research and thought leadership in New Zealand business with particular focus on our four strategic research and education themes – innovation and value creation, succeeding in international markets, productivity and sustainable business and leadership and governance. We also have an ecosystem of well supported Research centres across the disciplines. Your desire to identify and promote opportunities for industry engagement will further enhance the reputation, relevance and influence of the Business School.

All academics within the Business School will be based in disciplinary areas that form part of larger academic departments, you will have responsibility for delivering high quality, relevant and impactful learning experiences that maximise employment outcomes for graduates. Your understanding of academic and business environments and engagement in co-curricular activities relating to business, will help deliver wider economic benefits. The disciplinary areas are intended to provide a supportive and collegial environment for all researchers and in particular to ensure focused mentoring for early career researchers.

The School enjoys excellent international links and leading scholars from top overseas universities often visit the Business School and teach courses in our undergraduate and post graduate programmes.

The Department of Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM), one of seven departments within UABS, is ranked highly amongst other ISOM departments in New Zealand and is one of the leading departments in the Asia-Pacific region. It has a well-developed research culture, with researchers publishing in the best journals in their field. The Department is home to the Centre for Supply Chain Management (CSCM), a multi-disciplinary centre founded in 2007, developing and disseminating world-class knowledge and practices in supply chain management applicable to Australasian economies by fostering cooperation, collaboration and communication among academic researchers, educators and industry practitioners.

The department teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in most aspects of Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Business Analytics. It also teaches Information Systems. 

The Department is looking for two new colleagues at the Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level. We are particularly seeking candidates with a strong aptitude/flair for Operations and Supply Chain Management and potentially also Business Analytics as you will be involved in research, teaching, and service within these disciplinary areas.

Both the Lecturer and Senior Lecturer positions require teaching experience and a proven track record of quality research. The Senior Lecturer position requires evidence of publication in high quality and/or elite operations journals. There is a preference for individuals who can interact with, and are interested in getting involved with, the Centre for Supply Chain Management. While all methodological areas within operations and analytics will be considered, an interest in and ability to publish in high quality operations and analytics journals is a key requirement for the position. Expertise in empirical research, which will help teach Business Analytics courses, or in Procurement or Service Operations would be particularly welcome. We are looking for experienced teachers with proven abilities to use various teaching methods such as student-centered learning and mixed learning methods.

You are a can-do person with a PhD (or soon to be completed PhD) in Operations and Supply Chain Management or closely related disciplines. Our ideal candidate will also have the following skills and experience:

• Experience in successfully delivering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Operations and Supply Chain Management and/or Business Analytics
• Potential (L) or proven (SL) publication track record in relevant top ranked journals
• Potential (L) or proven (SL) track record attracting funding from both internal and external reputable funding schemes
• Ability (L) or proven (SL) track record in designing curriculum (part or entire programme)
• Ability (L) or proven (SL) track record in successfully supervising graduate students’ research (PhDs and Masters)

For more information about the responsibilities of these permanent tenure track positions, please refer to the position description. 

The University is committed to providing an excellent working environment through:

• Flexible employment practices (including working from home, flexible hours)
• Up to 6.75% company superannuation scheme
• A competitive salary with five weeks’ annual leave

In addition, we also offer career development programmes, discounted car parking, a generous parental leave allowance, childcare and a number of other discounts on internal and external services.

For more information please visit Staff Benefits.

How to apply

Further information about this position can be obtained from Discipline Area Lead : Professor David Robb (d.robb@auckland.ac.nz) or Deputy HoD: Josephine Lee (jyt.lee@auckland.ac.nz). Please note we are happy to answer your questions, but we do not accept applications by email.

Applications must be submitted online, by the closing date of 1 October 2024 to be considered. Please include your cover letter and/or CV highlighting how you can meet the skills and experiences detailed above and in the position description. Additional supporting documents can be included (e.g. teaching evaluations) if available.