Tobias Schoenherr

Tobias Schoenherr is the Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor in Purchasing and Supply Management. Recently recognized to be among the Top 10 thoughts leaders worldwide in supply chain management research, he is an award-winning scholar and teacher focusing on the area of sourcing, with a particular interest in buyer-supplier relationships. He is also currently serving as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Operations and Production Management.

Professor Schoenherr holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management and Decision Sciences from Indiana University, Bloomington, from where he also obtained his B.Sc. and M.B. He also holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) from the European School of Business, Reutlingen University, Germany, and is an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP). Dr. Schoenherr has taught purchasing, operations and supply chain management courses, both graduate and undergraduate, at Michigan State University, Indiana University, Eastern Michigan University, Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University (The Netherlands), Yonsei University (South Korea), the International Graduate Business School in Zagreb (Croatia), and the Central European University, Budapest (Hungary).

Professor Schoenherr’s work has appeared in more than 75 peer-reviewed publications, including Management Science, the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and the Journal of Business Logistics, among others. The many research awards and recognitions he received include the Institute for Supply Management’s Senior Research Fellowship, the John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Endowed Emerging Scholar Award, the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, and the Jack Meredith Best Paper Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Operations Management during the last five years. Some of Professor Schoenherr’s teaching awards include the Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence Award, the Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award, and MSU's Lilly Teaching Fellowship.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Operations Management & Decision Sciences 2005, Indiana University

AWARDS

• Best Reviewer Awards
  Journal of Business Logistics (2016), Journal of Operations Management (2008 and 2010), Decision Sciences (2013), Journal of Supply Chain Management (2008), Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (2011)
• Best Associate Editor Award
  Journal of Operations Management (2013)
• Lilly Fellow, 2010-2011
  A program to support faculty who will become future faculty leaders and models for their peers, and to inspire a broad range of faculty at all ranks to pursue excellence in teaching.
• Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence Award, 2011
  An award give to those who advanced the mission of the College through their achievements in continuous improvement and innovation; given by the Broad School Alumni Association.
• Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award, 2012
  A bi-annual award given by Michigan Campus Compact to recognize faculty that have made most impact in the area of service-learning at member institutions.
• Award for Excellence, Emerald Literati Network, 2012
  An annual award given to highly commended papers published in "Supply Chain Management: An International Journal".
• John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Endowed Emerging Scholar Award, 2012
  An award made to junior faculty who have demonstrated superior performance in teaching, research and service; intended to encourage junior faculty who are likely to be awarded in the future with professorships or chairs.
• MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, 2013
  An award made to six MSU faculty annually who early in their careers have earned the respect of students and colleagues for their devotion to and skill in teaching.
• Jack Meredith Best Paper Award 2017
  Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Operations Management during the last five years.