CRANFIELD SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Soroosh Saghiri , Course Director and Senior Lecturer at Cranfield School of Management on supplier diversity , industry advancements , and core priorities
Dr Soroosh Saghiri began his career journey in industrial engineering , “ it was a fascinating time ,” says Saghiri . “ We learned some basic tools and theories around managing activities and businesses from an operations perspective , including product design , process design , and quality management .”
While purchasing activities were a part of this , Saghiri explains “ we didn ’ t have a specific topic on procurement management , but everything was around managing operations and supply chain management . In the 1990s , it was the early days of understanding the valu and massive publicity of the supply chain .
“ The very first book I read about supply chain management was in the mid-1990s and we learned that if you want to do something for businesses , it should be supply chain-wide . That is when I started my doctorate at the University of East Anglia focusing on supply chain strategies ,” he adds .
Today , Saghiri is the Senior Lecturer of Supply Chain Management and Course Director for Executing MSC in Logistics and Supply Chain at Cranfield School of Management .
74 January 2022