Dr Jane Lynch

Senior Lecturer in Supplier Management

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

Jane is a Senior Lecturer for the Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) section & Director of Student Experience for the Business School.

Jane's subject areas for teaching include purchasing/procurement, supply chain management and supplier management. Her research is focused around social procurement, community benefits of local sourcing, supplier consortia and effective collaboration. Jane regularly presents papers at international supply chain and logistics conferences such as IPSERA, IRSPP, POMS and EUROMA.

Additional Roles: Senior Associate (MICW) of Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW), Cymru; Trained facilitator for ISO 44001 Collaborative Relationships; Education and Liaison Officer for South Wales Branch of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS); External examiner for University of BathSpa; Research Leader for IRSPP (international research study on public procurement); Co-Chair of Joint-bidding Steering Group with Welsh Government, Judging Panel for GOAwards (Wales).

2015 - PhD - examined the configuration of strategic orientation approaches for manufacturing firms during a period of hyper-turbulence.

2007 - PGCert FHEA Higher Education Teaching Qualification, University of Wales, Newport.

2005 MBA (PT) University of Wales, Newport

Honours and awards

Jane has regularly received awards for her contribution to teaching and supporting students. The most recent include:

Outstanding Contribution Award 2016;
Developing Student Employability Award 2015;
Nominated for Exceptional Enhancement of the Student Experience Award 2015;
Outstanding Contribution Award 2014.

The Joint Bidding research project with Welsh Government has been shortlisted for three Government Awards and winner of GO Innovation or Initiative of the Year Award 2016

Professional memberships

Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)

Executive Network Member of Institute for Collaborative Working MICW

Academic positions

2011 - Full time Lectureship in Cardiff Business School

2006 - Joined Cardiff Business School as a fixed term contract teacher

2003 - 2011 Teaching Associate for Open University

2003 - 2006 Lecturer for University of Wales, Newport

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'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

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

Research Impact Case: Transforming Public Services through Sustainable Procurement

Y-Lab - Innovative Procurement with Professor Kevin Morgan, School of Geography & Planning

Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Dr Katherine Shelton, School of Psychology

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