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Supply Chain Management

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Supply Chain Management

Be a critical link in the process that transforms raw materials into profitable goods delivered to consumers.

As a supply chain professional, you’ll create value for companies through the creation and delivery of goods and services domestically or throughout the world. Price College’s supply chain management program provides an invaluable education experience with real-world application of distribution, marketing, and management practices. You’ll take courses in logistics management, purchasing and buying behavior, production operations management, and inventory and materials management. 

The Division of Marketing and Supply Chain Management offers courses that prepare students for positions in marketing, supply chain management, and the business of healthcare. Classes provide comprehensive coverage of topics including product/service design, development, and commercialization, pricing of products and services; and promotion (through advertising sales promotion, and personal selling). Primary emphasis is placed on the distribution of products/services, including channel structure and physical delivery/logistics.

The division's faculty have a national reputation for expertise in marketing channels, marketing strategy, supply chain management, and the business of healthcare. All have academic credentials from leading U.S. schools, and many have significant business experience. The division faculty have a strong record of publication and research and use this knowledge in the classroom and as consultants to corporations. Members have been elected to prominent leadership positions in professional associations.

Students will find a wide range of opportunities to interact with successful business executives, both formally in the classroom, and informally, through professional student organizations.

Students aspiring to earn a BBA and a master's degree should explore our accelerated supply chain management program. Taught by the same faculty who lead our nationally ranked undergraduate program, this offering enables students to save time and money while enhancing their prospects for a higher salary with a master's degree.

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Average Starting Salary $60,385

What Price College Supply Chain Management Grads Do

Logistics Analyst

Procurement Manager

Operations Supervisor

Contract Specialist

Where Price College Supply Chain Grads Work

Lockheed Martin

New Balance

Microsoft

DHL

Govt. Civilian Service

Considering Supply Chain Management?

Why Choose OU's Price College of Business?

 Nationally Ranked

OU ranked among the nation’s best (No. 20) in Gartner’s 2022 biennial Top 25 North American Supply Chain undergraduate programs report.

  Be in Demand

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for supply chain professionals increased and is projected to grow by 25-30% over the next decade.

What Our Students Are Saying

“I had two internships in this field. The supply chain program really helped set me apart from other candidates, and I learned that there is a lot you can do with a supply chain degree. The skills I learned in this program helped prepare me for my internships, but also for my full-time job as a project analyst at Walmart International.” 

 — Ainslee Beck, recent Price College graduate 

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People

Ken Petersen
Ken Petersen

Director
Marketing and Supply Chain Management


Email: petersen@ou.edu
Office: Adams Hall Room 8
Phone: (405) 325-2792

Ronald Davidson
Ronald Davidson

Assistant Director
Marketing and Supply Chain Management


Email: rondavidson@ou.edu
Office: Adams Hall Room 7C
Phone: (405) 325-3561

Jeff Schmidt.
Jeffrey Schmidt

Associate Director
Marketing and Supply Chain Management


Email: jbs@ou.edu
Office: Adams Hall Room 2
Phone: (405) 325-3561