Remko I. Van Hoek (born 1971) is a professor of Supply Chain Management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.[1] He has held several executive roles including positions at Disney and PwC.[2] He is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.[2]
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Nationality | Dutch |
Education | PhD in International Economics |
Alma mater | Utrecht University |
Occupation | Professor of Supply Chain at Sam M. Walton College of Business |
Employer | University of Arkansas |
Known for | Supply Chain Research |
Van Hoek is a clinical full professor of Supply Chain management at the University of Arkansas in the Sam M. Walton College of Business.[3] He took this position in January 2018. Van Hoek conducts research about procurement strategy. He focuses on innovation on the supply-side, buyer-seller relations, procurement development and developing supply-chain leaders.[4]
Van Hoek was a visiting professor at the Cranfield School of Management in Cranfield, England. He was in this role from 1999-2019, when he wrote multiple books and taught many executive education programs.[5] His research has won him an E. Grosvenor Plowman Award.[6] He has been published in Harvard Business Review for his research on procurement.[7]
He was also a Senior Vice President of Sourcing and Procurement at the Walt Disney Company.[8] He has been a member of many editorial advisory boards for international journals in the supply-chain management field. Remko also served as the 2018 Chairman[9] of the Board of Directors of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals in the U.S.[10] Remko was the keynote speaker at the Procurement Summit in the U.K.[11] and has done keynotes around the world including in Singapore, Finland, and the United Kingdom.[12][13][14] He has served many supply chain executive roles in Europe and the United States including Nike, Cofely and PricewaterhouseCoopers.[2]