PostDoc Positions in Sustainability Operations and Analytics at McMaster University
Applications are invited for two postdoctoral fellows in the area of sustainable operations and analytics with a proposed start date of November 15, 2016 or shortly after. The duration of the fellowship is normally one year. The fellows will work under the supervision of professor Elkafi Hassini within a multi-university group of researchers supported by a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant and the Supply Chain Management Association of Canada. The fellows will be based in the Marketing and Supply Chain Analytics Lab at the Burlington campus of the DeGroote School of Business. The fellows will also have an opportunity to interact with researchers at the MacDATA institute and the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics.
The ideal candidate for the first position must have a strong background in qualitative and quantitative survey research methods and a good understanding of procurement sustainability performance metrics, sustainability and procurement training, data analytics, and reporting to industry, nonprofit and government decision makers. The second position requires a strong background in stochastic operations research modelling and methods with application in sustainable operations.??
Familiarity with big data statistics packages and web applications programming is a plus.
Applications including a current CV, a sample research paper and the names and addresses of two referees should be sent to Elkafi Hassini at hassini@mcmaster.ca.
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