Job Description

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is a unique environment where Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences sit alongside the Manchester School of Art and the Manchester Fashion Institute. Student experience is at the heart of everything we do.

About the team:

Are you looking for an ambitious, exciting, supportive and inclusive fashion school community within which to further develop your research and teaching?

Based in one of the UK\'s largest fashion hubs, in the heart of a great global city, Manchester Metropolitan University\'s Fashion Institute (MFI) has an established reputation within the higher education sector, we align ourselves with elite fashion schools worldwide. We are uniquely positioned as one the largest specialist fashion providers in UK HE we provide depth and breadth of expertise in our subject.

About the role:

As part of the University\'s significant investment in the delivery of the Manchester Fashion Institute\'s new and ambitious strategic vision, we are looking for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management to join our dynamic and growing team. You will be an experienced academic who contribute to our ambitious research and education targets. We have ambitious plans to grow our postgraduate provision, notably postgraduate research and those appointed could play a key part in supervision of PhD students. We want to further improve our graduate outcomes and reduce our award gaps.

As a Lecturer/Senior lecturer, your research and pedagogical approach will combine the foundational aspects of conventional supply chain practices with a deep understanding of the fashion industry\'s unique dynamics and challenges. We are particularly interested in candidates who possess expertise and interests in the following areas, among others, but not limited to: Intelligent retail, innovative push and pull supply strategies, supply chain agility, encompassing sourcing, product development, production, and distribution, customer-centric demand analysis and swift response solutions, resilience and the promotion of supply chain transparency, reverse logistics strategies, circular economy principles, sustainability, and ethical practices

We are seeking a candidate with an active and distinguished research portfolio, excellent communication and teaching abilities, and a strong dedication to ethical and cultural factors within the fashion industry. The research community at Manchester Fashion Institute is vibrant and we are keen to capitalise on the recent REF success with fashion having made a significant contribution to the Art & Design submissions which was ranked second in the UK for research power and as a University, 90% of our research is considered world leading or internationally excellent.

About you:

Essential Skills:

• A good first degree together with a PhD in a relevant discipline or equivalent qualifications.
• Substantial experience of undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching in Higher Education
• A PGCE, Certificate of Education, PGCLTHE or membership of the Higher Education Academy (or commitment to obtain within three years of appointment
• Successfully publish results of research to the REF, in peer reviewed journals or monographs, or publish/exhibit professional practice.
• Expertise in the latest development in supply chain management
• Evidence of programme/ curriculum management responsibilities

Desirable:

• Membership of relevant Professional bodies, demonstrating professional standing.
• Experience of research or professional practice within a field of digital fashion supply chains and a level of competence in using transparent retail platforms would be desirable.

To apply please submit a CV and cover letter via our application portal. For informal enquiries, please contact Clare McTurk,

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