Dr. Jay Kim is currently Associate Professor of Operations Management at Boston University's School of Management, where he teaches courses in operations management, global operations strategy, and international management. Since 1997, he has been the director of Boston University’s International Management Program – Japan, a unique management development program offered with the Sanyo Electric Company. In 1999, Professor Kim was appointed as the Director of International Management Programs, with the primary responsibility in developing the school’s global teaching and research programs, as well as leading the school's international management concentration.

Professor Kim’s research is focused on developing and implementing global operations and supply chain strategies. As the research director of the US Manufacturing Futures Project - a research partnership among world’s premier universities in EU, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and South Africa - he is particularly interested in the role that the operations function plays in enhancing an organization's global competitiveness. Recently, he is investigating strategic challenges in supply chain management faced by multinational corporations as they expand into the emerging economies like Eastern European countries and Asian nations.

He has given lectures on global manufacturing strategy, quality improvement, and new product development to managers of various manufacturing companies, such as Raytheon, Johnson & Johnson, Carrier, Sanyo and Toshiba of Japan, and Korean chaebols like Daewoo, LG, KEPCO, and Samsung. In 1997, he served as the special advisor of Chairman Kim Woo-Choong of Korea's Daewoo Group.

Professor Kim received his Ph.D. in operations management from the Ohio State University in 1989, his M.B.A. from Bowling Green State University in 1985, and his B.A. in management from Seoul National University, Korea in 1980. His research papers appeared on various journals, including Decision Sciences, California Management Review, International Journal of Production and Operations Management, International Journal of Production Research, Operations Management Review, Journal of Far Eastern Businesses, and Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management. Dr. Kim serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Operations Management and Operations Management Review. He is a charter member of Pan-Pacific Business Association.