Procurement Magazine January 2022 | Page 78

CRANFIELD SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
DR SOROOSH SAGHIRI TITLE : SENIOR LECTURER AND COURSE DIRECTOR
INDUSTRY : EDUCATION LOCATION : BEDFORDSHIRE , UK

EXECUTIVE BIO

Dr Soroosh Saghiri is a procurement and supply chain thought leader , senior lecturer and programme director at Cranfield University , School of Management . He has BSc and MSc in Industrial Engineering and PhD in Supply Chain Management from the University of East Anglia . Soroosh is Chartered Fellow of CILT and Senior Fellow of HEA . He has published two book chapters and more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals , international conferences , and professional magazines . Soroosh has been involved in training , research , and consultancy in the UK and internationally , in fields of procurement and supply chain management , Industry 4.0 , and digital transformation for the past 21 years .

“ COVID-19 was a massive disruptor , it may take time for some of those suppliers to go back to full capacity ”

DR SOROOSH SAGHIRI SENIOR LECTURER AND COURSE DIRECTOR , CRANFIELD SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT