The Competence Center Operations and Technology Management of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School wants to support its growth by attracting an Assistant Professor in Service Operations Management.

Function
In order to accomplish our objectives, the center is looking for an Assistant Professor in the domains of service operations management being able to integrate academic work with managerial know-how. Expertise in healthcare management or facilities management is a plus.
The candidate will join a team of researchers active in our research centers, especially the Services and Facilities Management Research center and the Healthcare Research Center. Additionally, he/she will supervise research trajectories with junior researchers and potential PhD students, while contributing to applied research projects, and teaching in the MBA and executive education programs.

Profile
• PhD (or near completion of a PhD) from an accredited university or business school in the area of service operations management
• Evidence of the candidate's ability and motivation to become a respected scholar and educator in the field of service operations.
• Affinity and understanding of the dynamics that play within services management.
• Understanding of the fastest growing sector today, the service industry, and the values that service can bring on a strategic level.
• Evidence of excellent graduate and executive teaching achievements
• Evidence of strong research capacity or proven research capacity (e.g. scholarly publications), preferably in the area of service operations management.
• Be able to merge fundamental theoretical knowledge with practical relevance and to build and maintain sustainable relationships with the practitioners community within the domains

Our offer
• Working environment located in the heart of Europe
• A challenging job in an international, dynamic and professional environment
• Dynamic and young team of ambitious and competent colleagues
• Strong academic and business network
• Possibility to deploy new initiatives
• Synergy between science and practice
• Attractive financial conditions
• Availability of sufficient research time

Interested?
Those making formal application should send the following documentation to Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School:
• The candidate’s curriculum vitae
• Motivation letter with career interests and trajectory
• A letter setting out the candidate’s research and teaching experience
• Two or three recent publications
• The names and contact details of two recommenders willing to support the candidate’s application
Send the documentation to:
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
Attn. Isabelle De Ganck
Reep 1, 9000 Gent
Tel.: +32 (0)9 210 98 58
Fax: + 32 (0)9 210 98 03
isabelle.deganck@vlerick.be
Informal enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.

The committee will review applications and will continue until the position is filled. Materials submitted as part of an application will not be returned.