Nadine Kiratli - Schneider (N.)

Nadine Kiratli was born in Aachen, Germany, on 9th October 1986. From 1997 to 2006, she attended secondary school at the Städtisches Gymnasium St. Leonhard in Aachen (Germany) and spent an exchange year in the US.

In 2009, Nadine completed her undergraduate studies (B.Sc., Top 10% graduate) in International Business at Maastricht University (The Netherlands) and Bogazici University in Istanbul (Turkey). Afterwards, Nadine continued her education at Maastricht University and obtained her Master Degree in Strategic Marketing (M.Sc., cum laude) in 2011.

Upon graduation Nadine began a Ph.D. program at Maastricht University’s Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management. Funded by NEVI, the Dutch Association for Purchasing Management, her research focused on procurement’s transformation from a cost-saving to a value-generating function. Under the supervision of Prof. dr. Ko de Ruyter, Prof. dr. Frank Rozemeijer, and Prof. dr. Ad de Jong, Nadine investigated how a creative team climate can facilitate value creation in sourcing and co-innovation teams. Within this research, Nadine has worked together and advised numerous global companies on their sourcing team processes.

Nadine has presented her research at national and international conferences and colloquia, including EMAC, WION, and IPSERA. She has won both the IPSERA Best Practitioner Paper award (2012) and the IPSERA Best Paper award (2015).

For outstanding student evaluations, Nadine was nominated for the 2015 Tutor Award of Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics and won the Excellent Graduate Educator Award in 2018. Nadine teaches and co-coordinates courses in the Supply Chain Management Master program and supervises Master thesis students across a wide range of topics in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management.

Next to that, Nadine is a competence coach for the PREMIUM honors program, supporting students in their personal and professional development.

Nadine joined Maastricht University as Assistant Professor at the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in September 2016.