Dr Jane Lynch

Reader in Procurement

: lynchj2@cardiff.ac.uk
: +44 (0)29 2087 6144
: C04, Aberconway Building, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU

Jane is a Reader in Procurement for the Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) section. Her research areas include public procurement, social value, innovation in procurement and supply chain collaboration. Jane provides a range of procurement and collaboration support to a range of sectors governments, including health and social care and SMEs.

Aside from her research, Jane has extensive experience in personal tutoring and student experience, previously holding roles such as Senior Personal Tutor and Director of Student Experience for the Business School. Her research has included personal tutoring and international orientation, regularly attending and presenting at the LTSE Conference.

Current Roles

Programme Director for Help to Grow: Management (available for Micros and SMEs)
Strategic co-lead for the Procurement Lab of Infuse 2023
Impact and engagement lead for IRSPP (International Research Study on Public Procurement)
Collaboration expert and social impact lead for LINC Multimorbidity project

Additional Roles

Branch Chair of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) - South West and South Wales Branch
Associate Director (MICW) of Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW), Cymru
Procurement Expert Panel Member for Cabinet, Welsh Government
External Examiner for University of Bedfordshire
Judging Panel member for GOAwards(Wales) and GOAwards UK National.

Following a career in the retail sector, Jane pursued a part time MBA which led to opportunities in teaching at Open University, University of Wales, Newport and later to fulfill her academic career at Cardiff Business School (since 2006).

Jane completed her PGCert (FHEA) Higher Education Teaching Qualification, University of Wales, Newport in 2007.

Jane's PhD in Cardiff University examined the configuration of strategic orientation approaches for manufacturing firms during a period of hyper-turbulence (completed 2015).

A recipient of many research awards and recognitions including Innovate UK Wales grading the Child Adoption KTP as 'Outstanding'; Child Adoption project winning ICW Innovation Award 2018; a Joint Bidding project with Welsh Government winning GO Innovation of the Year Award 2016.

Honours and awards

Jane has regularly received awards for her contribution to teaching and supporting students.

Students Union Nomination - "Enriching Student Life" Award - Student Rep Coordinator 2019 - 2020
LTSE - Recommended Standout Session (Round table discussion on international student orientation support) 2019
CARBS Enhancing Student Employability, 2018
CARBS Exceptional Student Support Award 2017
Students Union Nomination for "Enriching Student Life" Award (Most uplifting staff member; Student Rep coordinator, 2018)
CARBS Outstanding Contribution Award 2016 CARBS Developing Student Employability Award 2015 Cardiff University, nominated for Exceptional Enhancement of the Student Experience Award 2015
CARBS Outstanding Contribution Award 2014.

Professional memberships

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
Institute for Collaborative Working MICW
IPSERA (International Purchasing and Supply Educator's Research Association)

Speaking engagements

Jane regularly delivers executive education on procurement and collaboration linked with sustainability

Collaborate for the Well-Being of Future Generations

Speaker at CoInnovate UK Conference in Cardiff 2016

Speaker at Procurex Wales 2016 - http://spendmatters.com/uk/procurex-wales-event-wellbeing-public-procurement/

Speaker at Supply Chain Collaboration Event

Speaker at ECR Shrinkage Food Waste Forum in Hamburg 2017

Committees and reviewing

Jane is co-editor for Special Issue for Journal of Public Procurement (JoPP)

Journal Article Reviewer for Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Jane's role as Director of Student Experience means that she is a member of many School and University Committees and Boards including:

Teaching & Learning Committee
Student/Staff Panel
ISC Committee
Business Management Board of Studies
MBA Board of Studies
Coordinator - LOM section Advisory Board committee

2020

Shelton, K., Merchant, C. and Lynch, J. 2020. The Adopting Together Service: How innovative collaboration is meeting the needs of children in Wales waiting the longest to find a family. Adoption and Fostering 44(2), pp. 128-141. (10.1177/0308575920920390)
Wontner, K. L.et al. 2020. Maximising “community benefits” in public procurement: tensions and trade-offs. International Journal of Operations and Production Management 40(12), pp. 1909-1939. (10.1108/IJOPM-05-2019-0395)

2019

Lynch, J. 2019. Effective supply chain collaboration. In: Wells, P. ed. Contemporary Operations and Logistics: Achieving Excellence in Turbulent Times. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 193-218.
Lynch, J. 2019. Leveraging social public procurement to deliver public value through community benefits clauses: An international study. In: Lindgreen, A. et al. eds. Public Value: Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice of Creating Public Value. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 122-140.

2015

Wontner, K.et al. 2015. Barriers and enablers to "living wage" in public sector contracts. Presented at: 24th Annual IPSERA Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 March - 2 April 2015.
Lynch, J. 2015. Configuring the strategic orientation of manufacturing firms for economic sustainability: a study of the UK touring caravan industry. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2014

Marsh, J.et al. 2014. Challenges to sustainable manufacturing resource planning implementation in SMEs: An exploratory study. Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2014, Cardiff, UK, 28-30 April 2014.

2012

Lynch, J.et al. 2012. An examination of the role for Business Orientation in an uncertain business environment. International Journal of Production Economics 137(1), pp. 145-156. (10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.11.004)

2010

Lynch, J.et al. 2010. Problems and challenges facing a market orientated supply chain approach. Presented at: 15th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL 2010), Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 4-7 July 2010Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL 2010). Nottingham: Nottingham Business School pp. 67-74.

2009

Lynch, J.et al. 2009. An exploration of the supply chain design and organisation of the UK caravan manufacturing industry. Presented at: 14th International Symposium on Logistics : Global supply chains and inter-firm networks, Istanbul, Turkey, 5-8 July 2009Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL 2009) Global supply chains and inter-firm networks Istanbul, Turkey 5-8 July 2009. Nottingham: Nottingham University Business School pp. 538-546.

Teaching commitments

(UG): Purchasing & Supply Chain Management (Year 2)
(UG): Strategic Purchasing and Supplier Management (Year 3)
MBA Purchasing & Supply Chain Management (elective module)
MBA/MSc Dissertation supervisor
PhD supervisor for two research projects examining sustainable / social procurement

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (Third Sector Partnerships in Child Social Care)

Adopting Together (with Dr Katherine Shelton, School of Psychology / Lead organisation, St. David's Children's Society) Child Adoption
Cerebra (with Professor Marianne Van Den Bree, MRC Centre / Lead organisation, Cerebra) Child Support

How to Procure Well-Being

Section 20 Procurement Review - the university has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Future Generations Commissioner's Office in Wales - Jane is providing academic support for the Commissioner's Procurement Review which examines the extent to which public bodies are embedding the well-being goals into procurement. https://www.futuregenerations.wales/work/procurement/

How do we procure well-being? – Cardiff Business School blog - Cardiff University

Public Procurement of Innovation

InFuSe (Innovation of Future Public Services) - Cardiff University has been awarded £2.4m to drive a partnership that promotes innovation across future public services. The collaboration aims to help public sector workers develop skills that can support communities, accelerate decarbonisation and improve the health and well-being of citizens. Funding from the Wales European Funding Office (WEFO) will allow Cardiff Business School to team with Y Lab - the Public Services Innovation Lab for Wales, a partnership between Cardiff University and Nesta - and Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) to develop InFuSe – Innovation of Future Public Services – led by Monmouthshire County Council. https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2484578-partnership-for-better-public-services

New Podcast Series to highlight Innovative Future Services - Business News Wales

Collaborative Working

ECR Research project - How to utilise collaboration to tackle food waste in retail https://instituteforcollaborativeworking.com/Research-and-Knowledge/Resource-Library/Effective-Collaboration

icw_future_report_web.pdf (instituteforcollaborativeworking.com)