Lecturer in Supply Chain and Operations Management in Cardiff

Cardiff School of Management is located in a state-of-the-art facility close to the heart of the capital city. The University offers a diverse portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. CSM is an ambitious, accredited provider of Business and Management education. State-of-the-art facilities on the Llandaff Campus provide an encouraging and creative learning environment, showcasing the School as a leading centre in the UK for Accounting, Economics and Finance; Business, Management and Law; Marketing and Strategy; and Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management.

Staff are rightly proud of their significant contribution to regional regeneration and economic growth through teaching, enterprise work and applied research. In 2024, the School became the first University in Wales and just the third in the UK to receive the Business School Impact System (BSIS) label from the European Foundation for Management Development for the positive economic impact the School has on the Cardiff Capital Region.

The School is proud of the role it plays in delivering programmes around the world. With around 10,000 students studying management programmes at our international TNE partners, the School makes a positive difference to the life chances of students and communities around the globe.

Cardiff School of Management’s Department of Business, Management and Law is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Supply Chain and Operations Management. The Department runs the highly successful MSc in International Supply Chain and Logistics Management and a pathway on the MBA and the BA (Hons) Business & Management degrees. It is therefore expected that the post-holder will actively contribute to the teaching of a range of relevant modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

In addition, the post-holder will work with the Operations Management Field Group to develop teaching and research in areas such as:

• Supply Chain Digitalisation
• Operations Analytics
• Circular and Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Supply Chain Strategy and Resilience
• Global Logistics Systems and Procurement

Principal Duties And Responsibilities:

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in our provision and other areas of our core curriculum depending on your areas of expertise and experience. Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level. You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework. Applications are particularly welcome from outstanding candidates with teaching and research experience. There will be opportunities to contribute to postgraduate research supervision.

What We Are Looking For:

• A Masters or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline.
• An in-depth knowledge of subject area.
• Successful experience of HE teaching.
• A good honours degree.
• A sound understanding of pedagogy.
• A sound understanding of research/innovation and scholarly activity.
• Ability to undertake administrative duties in an accurate and timely fashion.
• Ability to contribute to the achievement of the School Development Plan and the institutions strategic planning processes.
• Ability to take responsibility for a number of key areas such as module tutor, research supervision at undergraduate level.
• Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways - presentations, reports, learning materials, results of scholarly activity, feedback etc.
• Ability to achieve Fellow Status as part of the Higher Education Academy’s Professional Recognition scheme, within agreed timescales (as soon as is practicably possible and definitely within three years of commencement of employment).

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity please contact Angela Joseph, Head of Department, for further information about working with us at our University please visit our recruitment website. All applications must be submitted online. The person specification will be used as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page.