Sara Flores Zúñiga

Sara Flores is Adjunct Professor of Operations Management at IE University. Her academic experience includes several years of teaching Industrial Engineering students at the undergraduate level. She was adjunct professor at an international business school in Madrid where she taught Operations Management at the MBA level. In her professional career, she had the opportunity to launch and manage a small business in Madrid.

Sara brings her experience in manufacturing environments, as an entrepreneur as well as in services in higher education into the classroom, engaging her students in Operations Management and innovation practices that make manufacturing and service firms successful.

She has been working at IE´s Office of Faculty Affairs since 2010, where she coordinates the Full-time Faculty Recruitment processes for the schools of Business, Law, Global and Public Affairs, Human Sciences and Technology and Architecture among other functions.

Corporate Experience

• Associate Director, Office of Faculty Affairs & Faculty Recruitment Coordinator, IE Business School & IE University, Madrid, Spain, 2010- present

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor of Operations Management, IE University, Spain, 2019-Present

• Adjunct Professor of Operations Management, Associate Dean Madrid Campus, United International Business Schools (UIBS), Spain, 2009-2010

• Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras 1987-1992

Academic Background

• MSc. Industrial Administration, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University- Fulbright LASPAU scholar

• Bachelor in Industrial Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras