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Lecturer on a fee basis in Demand Forecasting f/m/d
To strengthen our team at the School of Arts Media and Information of the SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg on the Hamburg campus, we are seeking a Lecturer on a fee basis to deliver the lectures in English during December 8, 2025 to Feb 20, 2026. This requires onsite lecturing in SRH Campus Hamburg with 34 contact hours and we are flexible on the lecturing schedule.
For further information please feel free to contact:
Prof. Dr. Gayan de Silva | Tel.: +49 40 3346564 30
For further information please feel free to contact:
Prof. Dr. Gayan de Silva | Tel.: +49 40 3346564 30
Find out more about our company:
As one of the largest private universities in Germany, SRH University is the innovative companion for students from over 140 nations. We are part of the leading education and healthcare provider SRH, which has been helping people to lead a self-determined life for over 50 years. We teach with passion and competence and focus on the professional and personal development of our students. At our forward-looking campuses, we offer a wide variety of study programs and models, hand in hand with business and practice. With our innovative and award-winning CORE didactics, we accompany our students individually on their path. They learn hands-on in small groups and interactive, project-based units. We see ourselves as an international, diverse and interdisciplinary community. We are part of SRH - a leading provider of education and healthcare services with 17,000 employees. SRH operates private universities, educational centers, schools and hospitals.
Area of responsibility:
Dozenten
Location:
Hamburg
Company:
SRH University
Type of employment:
Honorartätigkeit
Career level:
Berufserfahrene
What you can look forward to:
- University Environment | Dynamic and flexible teaching environment at a growing, international and future-oriented university
- Teaching | Independent organization of teaching
- Campus | Beautiful, easily accessible campus
- Facilities | Modern classrooms and the latest technology
Your responsibilities:
Personality, with a university degree in Supply Chain Management, Data Science, or Computer Science with solid theoritical background and practical experience in:
- Supply Chain Fundamentals: Teaching basic concepts and evolution, supply chain drivers and metrics, and objectives (efficiency, cost reduction, speed, customer satisfaction).
- Analytics in Supply Chains: Explaining the importance of data-driven decision making and the role of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
- Predictive Analytics Methods: Applying demand forecasting techniques such as exponential smoothing, moving averages, ARIMA/SARIMA, regression analysis (linear, logistic, dynamic), and Monte Carlo simulation.
- Performance Measurement: Using supply chain KPIs including forecast accuracy, stockouts/overstock levels, and on-time delivery rates.
- Risk Management Analytics: Applying sentiment analysis, scenario analysis, and simulation methods (e.g., Monte Carlo) for risk identification and mitigation.
- Optimization Techniques: Implementing linear programming, integer programming, and genetic algorithms for supply chain decision-making.
- Transportation Optimization: Explaining network/graph representations, shortest path problems, route optimization, vehicle routing problems, and using Dijkstra’s and genetic algorithms with sensitivity analysis.
- Geospatial & ML Applications: Leveraging geospatial analytics and machine learning models for transportation and logistics optimization.
- Product Lifecycle Management: Covering stages from introduction and growth to maturity and decline, and their implications for supply chains.
- Applied Project Supervision: Guiding students through a final project involving real-world datasets, problem scoping, model development, and evaluation.
Your profile:
- Willingness to actively shape learning processes according to the CORE principle
- Very good English language skills,
- Interest in interdisciplinary and team-oriented working methods,
- Personality, with a university degree in Supply Chain Management, Data Science, or Computer Science with solid theoritical background and practical experience
First-hand perspectives on what makes the difference:
For further information please feel free to contact:
Prof. Dr. Gayan de Silva | Tel.: +49 40 3346564 30
Join our team and submit your application online.
SRH Hochschulen Berlin GmbH | SRH Campus Hamburg | Domstraße 21, 20095 Hamburg | www.srh-campus-hamburg.de
Prof. Dr. Gayan de Silva | Tel.: +49 40 3346564 30
Join our team and submit your application online.
SRH Hochschulen Berlin GmbH | SRH Campus Hamburg | Domstraße 21, 20095 Hamburg | www.srh-campus-hamburg.de
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We are looking for the best. In this, we pay special attention to personality, talent, willingness to achieve and character.
We emphasize expressly that all people - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/ideology, disability, age and sexual identity - are all equally welcome here. Applicants with disabilities who have equal professional and personal aptitude will be given priority and/or training.
A company with history and values
SRH is a foundation-owned company offering services in education and healthcare. With more than 17,000 employees, SRH supports over 1.2 million people each year on their individual life paths. Since its founding in 1966, SRH has been committed to advancing the education and healthcare sectors. The company has always been aware of its social responsibility. In order to open up new life opportunities for even more people, it reinvests its profits into the future markets of education and healthcare. SRH is among the innovation leaders in these fields and actively shapes societal debates – for a more humane and sustainable society.
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