My résumé

Studied business administration at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Cologne

Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in 1994 and habilitation (venia legendi) in 2004 at the University of Cologne, Chair of Procurement and Product Policy, Prof. Dr. U. Koppelmann

Since 05/2024 Owner and Founder of ispira – Think Tank for Sustainable Supply Chains

Since 2007 Professor for Sustainable Supply Chains and Procurement (lifetime professorship awarded by CBS International Business School, Cologne)

2013 – 2022 President of the CBS International Business School, Cologne

2010 – 2013 Vice President for Research, CBS International Business School, Cologne

• Sustainable procurement management
• Sustainable supply chain management
• Strategic procurement management
• Global sourcing
• Marketing
• International marketing
• Market research
• General business administration (in German and English)

• Sustainable supply chain management and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Sustainable procurement and regenerative purchasing concepts
• Effects of the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG) and European supply chain laws on global supply chains (CSDDD, CSRD)
• E-procurement and Procurement 4.0
• Sustainable and digital supplier management
• Skills shortage in procurement – development of training concepts for the procurement function
• Development of a sustainable purchasing concept for start-ups
• Leadership culture in modern purchasing organizations
• The future of procurement
• Agility in procurement: Development of an agility framework in procurement
• Development of sustainable management teaching concepts
• Development of public procurement models
• Arts and business/leadership 

Selected projects, more specifically, empirical studies with company participation: 

• Development of the Supply Chain Spend Cube 
• Introduction of a sustainable purchasing strategy 
• Purchasing as a value driver: Organizational realignment of the procurement function 
• Establishment of e-procurement solutions for purchasing 
• Change management in procurement: New agility concepts for purchasing 
• Implementation of qualification concepts for purchasing 
• Risk management in procurement and the entire supply chain 

• Assistant at the Seminar for Business Administration, Procurement and Product Policy at the University of Cologne until the end of 1994
• Research assistant at the above-mentioned seminar until 2006
• Private lecturer since 2004 at the University of Cologne as part of Prof. Dr. U. Thonemann's seminar to maintain the right to award doctorates

• Member of editorial advisory board, Management & Sustainability: An Arab Review (MSAR) – Emerald Publishing
• Editorial board member, Journal “Discover Sustainability”
• Editorial board member, Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Reviewer Universal Journal of Management
• Reviewer Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing
• Member of the RME Research Conference Program Committee 
• Reviewer Supply Management Research Series
• Member of the jury of the BME University Award (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft und Einkauf)
• Member of the ASEA (Austrian Supply Excellence Award) of the BMÖ (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft Österreich, Vienna) 
• Member of the jury of the ISM Award (Roland Berger & SAP)
• Regular consultant for Fibaa (national and international), AQ Austria and AAQ Switzerland

• PRME (Principles of Responsible Management Education) Board Member and Chair PRME Nominations and Governance Committee
• Spokesperson PRME Chapter DACH, UN Global Compact
• Member of the PRME Award Adjudication Panel
• Member of the steering committee of the UNGC Local Network Germany
• Business ambassador of the City of Cologne
• Chairwoman of the advisory board of the JARO Institute for Sustainability and Digitalization
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of amc Consulting, Bonn
• Board member of the Cologne regional group of the BME e.V.
• Member of the “Purchasing and Logistics” working group of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.

• Best Paper Award, Podgorica 2018, ISBE Conference: Procurement Goes Digital: The Supplier Relationship Management Case 
• Distinguished Impact Award / Ecological Development Union Asia 2018 

• Fröhlich, L. /Steinbiss, K. (2024). Sharing Economy and its Potential to Achieve SDG 12: The Fashion Sharing Platform Case. In: Innovation in Responsible Management Education: Preparing the Changemakers of Tomorrow (eds. Obexer, R./Wiesner, D./Baumgartner, Ch./Fröhlich, L./Rosenbloom, A./Zehrer, A.). Emerald Publishing (in printing process) 
• Fröhlich, L. (2024). Co-publisher Innovation in Responsible Management Education: Preparing the Changemakers of Tomorrow. Emerald Publishing. 
• Fröhlich, E. (2024). Mapping the SDG’s in University education – a responsible management education approach, in: Education for a sustainable future 
•  (eds. Prof. Dr. Michele John & Prof. Dr. Jordi Segalàs). 
• Fröhlich, E. & Steinbiß, K. (2023). Nachhaltiges Supply Chain Management, in: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Sport und Kultur, Bühler, A., Nufer, G. (Hrsg.), 
•  Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin. 
• Fröhlich, L. (2023). Nachhaltige Beschaffung ist das fehlende Bindeglied einer nachhaltigen Lieferkette, in: BMEnet Guide, S. 42. 
• Lenz, J. Fröhlich, E., Jamal, Y. & Reichard, U. (2023). Illustration of How Industry and Institutions in Germany Impact the SDGs, in: SDGs in the European Region, Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives, Leal Filho et al. (eds.), pp 1-24