Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Logistics
Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Ref. EBW03/144/0625
The Department of Logistics is one of several departments within Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, and is also the oldest tertiary academic department in South Africa to provide education in transport economics and logistics. The Department houses the disciplines of logistics and supply chain management, operations research, business analytics, and transport economics and is the only department at a South African university fully offering the various disciplines integrated in one department.
This role requires a candidate with experience and skills in logistics and supply chain management. Practical experience and/or teaching experience and/or research in at least three of the following are preferred: sustainable supply chain management, packaging logistics, humanitarian logistics, strategic sourcing, global dimension of supply chains, supply chain collaboration, logistics and supply chain analytics, visual data analysis, experiential learning, and artificial intelligence in logistics and supply chain management.
Duties:
Requirements:
o Research experience and relevant publications in the field of logistics and supply chain management in at least one DHET accredited journal; or
o Industry experience (of at least one year) within the private or public sector; or
o Teaching experience (of at least one year) within logistics and supply chain management.
Short-listed candidates (those invited for interviews) will be expected to present a lecture on a designated topic to academic staff of the Department of Logistics to demonstrate their excellence in teaching, as well as their digital, analytical and data visualisation skills.
Recommendations:
Commencement of duties:
01 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter
31 July 2025
Enquiries regarding this post: Prof Linke Potgieter on 021 808 2492, or at lpotgieter@sun.ac.za
Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits, as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on 021 808 2753 (Stellenbosch) / 021 938 9636 (Tygerberg), or at sun-e-hr@sun.ac.za
Stellenbosch University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the EE plan for the specific environment as well as the institutional EE Plan of the University.
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