Dr Zakiah Suhaimi
Zakiah Suhaimi is a PhD graduate in Engineering from the University of Warwick. Her research focused on buyer-supplier relationships, in particular, she explored types of capabilities required by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to better manage their relationships with large enterprises. Having obtained her PhD, she was offered a position as a PDRF for the SUSTAIN project Warwick University. She is responsible for Task 4 – UK Digital Steel Innovation Hub. Specifically, she explores the role of planning practices and technologies adoption in improving end to end steel supply chains. Prior to her PhD, she worked for 6 years within the manufacturing industry as a planner. She was responsible in ensuring customer lines from going down.