Logistics & SCM Career Opportunities

Find a selection of current career opportunities both in industry, retail & professional services and at our chair!

Current Career Opportunities at our Department

  • Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdocs or early career researchers from abroad, see here.
  • Student assistant for chair IT, see here.
  • Student assistant in the area of digital logistics, see here.

Unsolicited applications for PhD studies at our chair are possible. Applications need to be in a single(!) PDF file with the following content in the sequence as shown below:

  1. Full CV.
  2. Proposal of a potential PhD research topic (about 3-5 pages) explaining the topic, the intended methodology and how this relates to the research profile of our group.
  3. Two recommendation letters.
  4. A writing sample in English (thesis, research paper, seminar paper).
  5. Other supporting documents.

All qualified applications will receive full consideration.

Further information about the Doctoral Program of the TUM School of Management can be found here.

Current Career Opportunities in Research, Industry, Retail & Professional Services

  • Internship at BMI: Planning Logistic & Warehousing Network Analyst, see here.
  • Internship at Freudenberg: Logistics, see here.
  • Internship at BMW, see here (de).

  • 2022:
    • Several positions in the PhD program “Advanced Optimization in a Networked Economy” (AdONE), see here.
    • Hilti offers a working student position in the area of Logistics Services at their loction in Kaufering near Munich. For more information, see here.
  • 2020:
    • PhD position at the Department of Business Decisions and Analytics at the University of Vienna (August 2020) >>>more
    • SAP offers two positions as Product Manager in Digital Supply Chains in an Industry 4.0 project featuring cooperation with research and startups (July 2020), SAP Labs Munich (Garching / Halbergmoos)
      >>> Position 1
      >>> Position 2
    • PhD position at the Institute of Production Management - Prof. Helber, Leibniz University Hannover(June 2020) >>>more
    • PhD position at the Institute of Production Management - Prof. Helber, Leibniz University Hannover(June 2020) >>> more
    • PhD position in Supply Chain Management - Prof. Wuttke, TUM Campus Heilbronn (February 2020) >>> more.
    • BMW Group: Praktikant Halbleitermanagement Versorgung und Qualität (January 2020) >>> more.
    • BMW Group: Praktikant Logistische Auslandsversorgung (January 2020)  >>> more.
    • PhD-student in the research area “Digital Logistics and Business Analytics” / “Operations Research and Machine Learning”. Apply until 15.03.2020! For more information.
    • We are part of the AdONE Research Training Group, funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG). AdONE is currently offering several positions for PhD students starting in September 2020. Apply until 15.03.2020!
  • 2019:
    • Daimler: Praktikum im Bereich Future Transportation @Vans ab März 2020 (December 2019) >>> more.
    • DTU Kopenhagen - PhD scholarship – Supply Chain Analytics in Healthcare (October 2019)
    • Fuchs Petrolub SE Operations Research Manager (September 2019)
    • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (August 2019)
    • Barkawi Management Consultants (April 2019): Working Student in data management and analysis
    • Keller & Kalmbach (March 2019): Assistent der Geschäftsleitung / Projektleiter Supply Chain
    • The Department of Economics at the Copenhagen Business School encourages applications for its PhD program for the fall term 2019. Candidates interested in writing a PhD dissertation in the area of Mathematical Optimization for Data Science are particularly welcome to apply. For information on the doctoral application process see the school's site (January 2019)
    • PhD position in Smart Material Handling for Innovative Industry, NTNU Norway, apply until 23.01.2019 (January 2019)
    • PhD Position within Industry 4.0-based Production and Logistics Systems, NTNU Norway, apply until 25.01.2019 (January 2019)
  • 2018:
    • Werkstudent (m/w) Einkauf, Korian München, ab sofort (Oktober 2018)
    • Digital Solution Architect (m/w) im Konzern After Sales, Volkswagen AG Kassel, ab sofort (Oktober 2018)
    • Universitätsassistent/in ("prae doc") an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien, ab 1.10.2018 (August 2018)
    • Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in am Lehrstuhl für Supply und Value Chain Management, TUM - Campus Straubing (June 2018).
    • Werkstudent/in im Bereich Global Logistics bei Voith Turbo (June 2018).
    • Praktikant/-in im Bereich innerbetriebliche Logistiksysteme und Prozessoptimierung bei Almert (March 2018).
    • PhD Position “Demand Prediction in Multichannel Retailing” at TU Eindhoven. Starting January 2018.
    • Praktikant/-in - Business Development - Logistik bei Zalando (June 2018).
    • Praktikant/-in im Supply Management CMS bei Hansgrohe (June 2018).
    • PhD scholarship in Machine Learning and Operations Research (DTU Lyngby, Denmark - collaboration with our chair) starting October 2018. Apply until 15.08.2018.
    • PhD Position in procurement at Volkswagen, Kassel (March 2018).
    • Universitätsassistent post doc / prae doc an der WU Wien (March 2018).
    • Phd position in the area of Mathematical Optimization for Data Science at Copenhagen Business School, starting fall 2018 (February 2018).
    • (Senior) Consultant (w/m) – Supply Chain Consultancy at JLL (January 2018). 
  • Earlier:
    • Nachwuchsführungskräfte bei Amazon (November 2017)
    • Logistics Specialist - Corporate Responsibility (m/w) bei ALDI SÜD (November 2017)
    • Logistics Specialist - Energieoptimierung (m/w) bei ALDI SÜD (November 2017)
    • Praktikanten/-in oder Masterand/-in bei Barkawi (April 2017)
    • Praktikant (w/m) Beratung - Produktion/Logistik, Automotive & Industriegüter bei Porsche Consulting. (September 2017)
    • Operations Research Expert / Decision Scientist at BASF (March 2017)
    • Working Student IT Support at LoadFox (March 2017)
    • Working Student Product Developement at LoadFox (March 2017)
    • Working student at Kukla in Logistics (January 2017)
    • Working student at OSRAM (October 2016)
    • Manager Supply & Demand Management at Sky (September 2016)
    • Internship at Capgemini (September 2016)
    • Internship at DMG MORI Systems GmbH (August 2016)
    • Ph.D. position at the Chair for Operations Management (June 2016)
    • Assistant Professor at Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt (April 2016)
    • Internship Supply Planning at Danone (February 2016)
    • Internship Logistics, Warehousing & Customer Service at Danone (February 2016)
    • Internship Industry 4.0 in Procurement at BASF
    • Post-doc Industry 4.0 and Data Analytics at BASF
    • Intern Value Chain Consulting at Camelot Management Consultants AG
    • Master Thesis at Camelot Management Consultants AG
    • Junior Consultant at Camelot Management Consultants AG
    • Consultant Supply Chain Management at Capgemini
    • Internship Supply Chain Management at Capgemini
    • Logistik Manager at ALDI SÜD
    • Logistikmanagement Specialist at ALDI SÜD
    • Praktikant für Planung und Logistik bei DMG MORI Systems GmbH
    • Consultant Logistics Solutions für Prozessoptimierung in Logistik und Produktion at Logivations
    • Senior Consultant Logistics Solutions für Prozessoptimierung in Logistik und Produktion at Logivations
    • Junior Führungskräfte-Entwicklungsprogramm Logistik at Amazon
    • Economist, Mathematician or Industrial Engineer Shanghai with BASF in Mainland China (November 2013)
    • Global Logistics Procurement with Bosch (November 2013)
    • PhD/Postdoc in Operations Research with BASF in Germany (October 2013)
    • Postdoc in Operations Research with BASF in Germany (October 2013)
    • Global Logistic-Procurement (Bosch) (September 2013)
    • Inventory Management at ePetWorld (Internship in Munich) (August 2013)
    • Ph.D. Scholarship in Supply Chain Management and Logistics (KLU) (July 2013)
    • Supply Chain Strategy (Sandoz, Princeton) (July 2013)
    • Zentralbereich Internationale Transportlogistik (MAN) (April 2013)
    • Supply Chain Manager - Distribution (McFIT) (February 2013)
    • Supply Chain Manager - Procurement (McFIT) (February 2013)