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Applied Seminar Procurement in Spring 2026: Topics are online!

Application is possible until November-22, 2025 (midnight).

Guest Speaker from Hilti: Tobias Wollinger Enriched Our Negotiations Course

Tobias Wollinger, Global Procurement Manager at Hilti, shared invaluable real-world insights on corporate negotiation strategies with our Master’s students in OPM 593 Negotiation.

Forum Procurement: Risk and Digital Transformation

Last week, we launched the first edition of “Forum Procurement,” a two-day executive education format dedicated to research-practice exchange on current procurement topics.

SAP Business Processes Open Lecture 2025/26

Join the SAP Business Processes Open Lecture 2025/26, a global online course on business process innovation with SAP University Alliances and SOA People, free for eligible students.

New PhD student and research collaboration with Volkswagen

We are pleased to welcome Everardo Castolo Oviedo as a doctoral researcher at the Endowed Chair of Procurement.

University of Mannheim to Launch Two New Master’s Programs in Business Administration in Fall 2026

The master’s programs in Finance, Accounting & Taxation and Operations & Supply Chain Management expand the portfolio of business administration at the University of Mannheim.

Fall 2025 – Semester planning Procurement

Important information for the courses offered by the Endowed Chair of Procurement in Fall 2025

AOM Annual Meeting 2025

Christoph Bode, Ruth Schültken, Myrna Hantke, and Tobias Fechner presented research papers in Copenhagen.

Ruth Schültken Awarded Runner-Up in the 2025 Best B2B Marketing Management Ph.D. Prize Competition

Dr. Ruth Schültken has been named runner-up in the 2025 Best B2B Marketing Management Ph.D. Prize Competition for her dissertation on misalignments in supply management.

BME Symposium Procurement & Logistics 2025

Special Offers for Students!