Mr Igho Ekiugbo

海角乱伦 Business School

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Contact Details

Room 613 Maxwell Building
海角乱伦 Business School

Current positions

Lecturer Supp Chain & Project Management

Biography

Dr. Igho Ekiugbo is a lecturer in supply chains and project management at the 海角乱伦, Manchester teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the supply chain, procurement, and project management subject group, such as, MSc Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, MSc Project Management and MSc Operations Management and Business Analytics.

Igho is an expert and enthusiast, and passionate about sustainability and sustainable practices, especially around procurement, supply chain and operations. Igho鈥檚 research area is mainly in circular economy and sustainability practices within these functions, i.e., procurement, supply chain management and operations. Igho is current exploring research in circular economy of textile and clothing industry as well as social enterprises鈥 role in improving sustainability in the global value chain. Dr Igho Ekiugbo has robust data manipulation, analysis, and management skills.

Igho has a PhD in Business and Management in research titled: 鈥淓xploring sustainable procurement practices within the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector鈥, an MSc in Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and a BSc (Hons) in Business Management (Business Information Systems). Igho has used his skills and expertise to facilitate the implementation of sustainable practices, reporting as well as innovative digital transformation programmes in industry to facilitate inter-organisational collaboration, agility, traceability, visibility, transparency, and performance.

Igho is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS), a Member of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network, an Affiliate Member of the British Academy of Management (BAM), and an Affiliate Member of Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport (CILT). He also holds several professional certificates, such as Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner, and Integrated Business Process with SAP ERP.

Areas of Research

鈥upply Chain Performance
鈥uyer and Supplier Relationship, Development & Management.
鈥ustainable Procurement and Supply Chain
鈥thical and Sustainable Business Operations
鈥ircular economy
鈥rtificial intelligence

Areas of Supervision

I am interested in PhD topics within my research field, i.e.
鈥upply Chain Performance
鈥uyer and Supplier Relationship, Development & Management.
鈥ustainable Procurement and Supply Chain
鈥thical and Sustainable Business Operation
鈥ircular economy
鈥rtificial intelligence

Teaching

鈥rocurement Risk and Contract Management
鈥oundations of Business
鈥roject management, Leadership and Skills
鈥dvanced Project and Logistics Management
鈥anaging Project Deployment and Delivery
鈥roject Operations and Business Analytics
鈥roject Management
鈥esearch & Practice in Projects and Logistics Management
鈥esearch Methods and Dissertations

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications
  • PhD in Business and Management

    2015 - 2019
  • MSc in Procurement Logistics and Supply Chain Management

    2013 - 2014
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management (Business Information Systems)

    2010 - 2012