Metropolia Careers: Industrial Management Lecturer in Espoo

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is recruiting a Lecturer in Industrial Management for its Industrial Management degree programme at the Karamalmi campus in Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland. The lectureship suits an engineering professional with substantial relevant experience who can teach and guide students in Finnish and English, while bringing practical understanding of supply-chain development and enterprise resource-planning work to higher education.

The Lecturer in Industrial Management role centres on operational development in technology, industrial and ICT settings. It is designed for a candidate whose background combines a relevant higher university degree, at least five years of engineering experience, and interest in continuously improving teaching and supervision. Classroom delivery is primarily daytime, with some evening blended learning, and the vacancy states that part of the work may be undertaken remotely.

Opportunity Details

Overview of the Vacancy

Location, Sector, and Role Context

Based within the ICT and Industrial Management competence area, the role contributes to the Industrial Management degree programme through teaching and student supervision. Course content can span the ways information technology and digital solutions improve operational efficiency, alongside supply-chain management, procurement, logistics, production and materials control. The lecturer may also cover enterprise resource-planning systems, SAP, warehouse technology and inventory economics. This is a teaching position for an applicant able to connect relevant engineering practice with learning across operational-development themes in technology, industrial and ICT companies.

Day-to-day work includes teaching, guiding professional student projects and supervising engineering theses across different year groups. The remit also encompasses business and production simulation, operations in industrial and technology companies, and sustainable development in industrial companies. Further teaching may address process automation and RPA, artificial intelligence and machine learning in industrial and service production, business analytics, information-systems development, business economics, management accounting, and engineering project management and leadership. Finnish and international students are taught in Finnish and English, chiefly through daytime classroom teaching supplemented by evening blended learning.

About the Employer: Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu Oy)

Organization and Relevant Services

Verified Employer Overview

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences operates in higher education and is Finland's largest university of applied sciences. Its educational activity prepares future professionals in Business, Culture, Health Care and Social Services, and Technology. The Lecturer in Industrial Management post therefore sits within an institution whose teaching reaches disciplines beyond the immediate degree programme. Metropolia's core functions include teaching, research, development and innovation, and business operations. Those functions are organised through ten schools, providing the organisational setting in which the Industrial Management degree programme is delivered.

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is a limited liability company owned by municipalities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Helsinki holds 42 percent, Espoo 27 percent, Vantaa 26 percent, Kirkkonummi 4 percent and Kauniainen 1 percent. The employer's community includes around 18,000 students and more than 1,100 experts in its official profile. A reported institutional profile also records 19,261 students, 1,170 staff and 81 degree programmes. For this lecturer, that context places Finnish and international student teaching within a broad university-of-applied-sciences community.

Professional Setting and Role Context

Work Environment, Operations, and Facilities

Alongside teaching, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences carries out research, development and innovation activity and business operations. Its recruitment description states that the institution operates innovation hubs and conducts more than 100 research and development projects each year. The Industrial Management lectureship can contribute through courses, projects and thesis supervision that address current industrial-management themes. That connection is especially relevant where teaching explores operational efficiency, digital solutions, supply chains, enterprise resource-planning applications, analytics and the management of engineering projects.

The position is located at the Karamalmi campus in Espoo, within the Industrial Management degree programme and the ICT and Industrial Management competence area. Karamalmi is Metropolia's campus for ICT and industrial management, with a focus on software, data, digital systems, smart technology, and industrial-management processes and efficiency. This campus context aligns with the lecturer's possible teaching in digital solutions, information systems, process automation, RPA, and artificial intelligence and machine learning in production. The vacancy also identifies Karamalmi as a setting for teaching and supervision connected to technology, industrial and ICT companies.

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Open Positions

1. Lecturer in Industrial Management

Official title: Tuotantotalouden lehtori — Lecturer in Industrial Management

Location: Karamalmi campus, Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland | Employment information: Full-time, permanent lectureship; hybrid working

This full-time lectureship brings together subject teaching, student guidance and the development of learning connected with industrial management. The successful lecturer will work across operational-development topics and may draw on experience in supply chains, enterprise resource-planning systems and related applications to support course delivery. Supervision extends from professional projects undertaken by students in different year groups to engineering theses. The role requires clear spoken and written Finnish and English because both languages are used in teaching Finnish and international students. Its schedule is mainly daytime classroom work, complemented by some evening blended learning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver teaching and student supervision on operational-development subjects relevant to technology, industrial and ICT sectors.
• Explain in teaching how IT and digital solutions can raise operational efficiency.
• Teach supply-chain management together with its constituent areas.
• Cover procurement, logistics, production and materials control, ERP systems, SAP, warehousing and inventory economics.
• Teach business and production simulation, industrial and technology-company operations, and sustainable development in industrial companies.
• Address process automation, RPA, artificial intelligence and machine learning in industrial and service production, business analytics, and information-systems development.
• Provide teaching in business economics and management accounting.
• Teach engineering project management and project leadership.
• Guide professional student projects across year groups and supervise engineering theses.
• Teach Finnish and international students in Finnish and English, mainly through daytime classroom sessions with some evening blended learning.

Qualifications

• Hold at least a relevant higher university degree, such as an MSc in Technology, a Master's degree or a Master of Engineering (YAMK).
• Demonstrate excellent spoken and written Finnish and English for teaching in both stated languages.
• Bring at least five years of relevant work experience in an engineering field.
• Have experience developing supply-chain management or one of its components.
• Have developed and implemented ERP systems or related applications.
• Show a genuine interest in teaching, student supervision and their continuing development.
• Preferred: Experience in operational or business development in companies, including project-work experience, is advantageous.
• Preferred: Supervisory and/or management duties, plus international duties or work periods abroad, are advantageous.
• Preferred: Teaching experience, pedagogical training, and a relevant licentiate or doctoral degree are advantageous.

Skills and Competencies

• Use supply-chain management knowledge to teach its development and component areas.
• Apply understanding of ERP systems and related applications within Industrial Management teaching.
• Teach SAP in the context of enterprise resource-planning systems.
• Connect procurement and logistics knowledge with operational-development learning.
• Explain production and materials control through relevant course content.
• Teach warehouse technology and inventory economics as part of industrial-management subjects.
• Address process automation and RPA in operational and production contexts.
• Discuss artificial intelligence, machine learning, business analytics and information-systems development in industrial and service production.
• Use expertise in business economics, management accounting, engineering project leadership, teaching, guidance and thesis supervision.

Benefits and Employment Information

• The role offers an opportunity to support students' professional and academic development through teaching and supervision.
• Metropolia describes the work as varied, independent and meaningful within a good work community.
• Courses, projects and thesis supervision provide work with current industrial-management themes.
• The teaching environment includes Finnish and international students.
• The lecturer can contribute to the development of the Industrial Management degree programme.
• The vacancy states that part of the working time may be performed remotely.
• This Lecturer in Industrial Management post is a full-time, permanent lectureship with hybrid working; the vacancy does not publish a salary amount, and pay and employment terms follow the Sivistysala ry collective agreement for universities of applied sciences.

Application Guidance

Prepare a Focused Application

CV, Evidence, Documents, and Interview Preparation

As general preparation guidance, applicants for an industrial-management lectureship can organise examples that show how their engineering experience relates to supply-chain development and enterprise resource-planning implementation. A concise account of work involving procurement, logistics, production or materials control may help explain the practical context they could bring to teaching. Candidates can also prepare examples of operational-development work that link information technology or digital solutions with efficiency. These suggestions are optional preparation, not extra criteria set by Metropolia; the stated requirements remain the relevant degree, language ability, engineering experience, supply-chain and ERP experience, and interest in teaching and guidance.

For general interview preparation, candidates can outline how they would discuss technical topics with students in Finnish and English, using examples from their own relevant engineering work. They may wish to prepare a clear description of experience with ERP systems or related applications, including development or implementation responsibilities, because this is part of the stated background for the post. Examples of supervising projects, delivering teaching, managing projects or leading work can also be useful to explain advantageous experience. These suggestions do not change the vacancy's requirements or imply that any additional document, credential or method is requested.

• Prepare a CV in English that presents the relevant higher degree and engineering experience accurately.
• Select concise examples of supply-chain development work and explain the component areas involved.
• Describe experience developing or implementing ERP systems or related applications.
• Prepare examples that demonstrate Finnish and English communication in relevant professional or teaching settings.
• Organise examples of student guidance, project work, teaching or leadership only where they reflect the applicant's experience.
• Review how relevant industrial-management experience could inform teaching on digital solutions and operational efficiency.

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