[Job-offers-cs] Post-doc position in revenue management in container shipping at Kedge BS and CMA CGM

[Pekka Orponen]

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Subject: [DMANET] Post-doc position in revenue management in container 
shipping at Kedge BS and CMA CGM
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:52:00 +0100
From: Gautier Stauffer <gautier.stauffer at gmail.com>
To: DMANET at zpr.uni-koeln.de

2-year Post-doc position on revenue management and dynamic pricing in 
container shipping at KEDGE Business School/CMA CGM group

Context
Present in over 160 countries through 755 offices, 750 warehouses and 
110,000 employees, equipped with a young and diverse fleet of 
511 vessels, CMA CGM serves 420 of the world's 521 commercial ports and 
operates on more than 200 shipping lines. CMA CGM is merging its 
expertise in maritime transport with top quality logistics and 
intermodal solutions to offer an end-to-end shipping service that 
exceeds all expectations.

KEDGE Business School is a French business school with 4 campuses in 
France (Paris, Bordeaux, Marseilles and Toulon), 2 in China (Shanghai 
and Suzhou), 1 in Dakar, Senegal, and 3 partner campuses (Avignon, 
Bastia and Bayonne). KEDGE BS offers a portfolio of 36 management 
programs for students and industry professionals and comprises a 
specific research center specialized in Supply Chains, the Center of 
Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation the Centre of 
Excellence in Supply Chain (CESIT).

The project
Revenue management and dynamic pricing is pivotal to drive better 
performances in the maritime and CMA CGM is currently revisiting his 
pricing tools to build upon the latest academic developments. KEDGE 
Business School is supporting this effort by bringing in its expertise 
of pricing, its knowledge of the maritime sector and its command of 
predictive and prescriptive analytics. The focus of the project is to 
optimize the revenue management and pricing model of CMA CGM around 
below subjects:
·      Maximize revenues of each vessel voyage. In particular, this 
involves analyzing, developing and solving optimization models to ensure 
an efficient arbitrage between short (spot market) and long contracts 
and to achieve an efficient sharing of spaces amongst CMA CGM trades.
·      Increase knowledge and efficiency in procurement and tendering 
processes for pricers and for customers, based on data-driven solutions.
·      Enhance the way the end-to-end pricing (including intermodal 
legs) in ensuring that optimization solutions for all CMA CGM trade 
lanes are reflecting the overall costs.

For this project, we are looking for a post-doc with a background in 
operations research who is proficient with the techniques from revenue 
management and pricing and has an appetency for machine learning (CMA 
CGM has developed tools for demand forecasting based upon the latter 
techniques and understanding these tools is fundamental).

Location
The post-doc will share her/his time between CMA-CGM headquarter in 
Marseille (75%) and at the Center of Excellence in Supply Chain 
Innovation and Transportation (CESIT) at Kedge Business School in 
Bordeaux (25%).

Pre-requisite
·      Proficiency with mathematical modeling and optimization (mixed 
integer programming, dynamic programming, etc…)
·      Proficiency with CPLEX, Gurobi
·      Command of some programming language: Julia, python, C++ or alike
·      Knowledge of Python or R packages for machine learning is a plus
·      A good command of French is preferable.

Salary
The successful candidate will receive a post-doc scholarship of 3 000 
EUR per month for 2 years and additional funding for travel, research 
visits and international conferences.

Application
The deadline for application is December 31, 2019 for a position to 
start preferably on February 1, 2019. Application should be sent 
electronically to Professor Pierre Cariou and Gautier Stauffer and 
should include:
·      a cover letter containing your motivation for the position
·      A Curriculum Vitae with a list of publications
·      A copy of the applicant’s PhD
·      Letters of recommendation and/or references

Contact

Pierre Cariou, Senior Professor Shipping and Port Economics,
Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation (CESIT)
Kedge Business School Bordeaux, France.  Pierre.Cariou at Kedgebs.com
Gautier Stauffer, Senior Professor of Operations and Supply Chain 
Management,
Director of the Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and 
Transportation (CESIT) Kedge Business School Bordeaux, France.
Gautier.stauffer at kedgebs.com