Assessement of Strategic Sourcing Implementation Practice: The Case of Ethio Telecom
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2021-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The implementation of strategic sourcing requires a wide variety of skills. Some of the top competencies
needed to excel in making the most of a company’s strategic sourcing decision-making process and it is
part of Supply Chain Management Process. This research was conducted to assess the strategic
sourcing implementation practice in relative to sourcing (policy, procedure, and process
including seven step methodologies).Sourcing/procurement planning, supplier relation
management, stakeholders/user department’s integration, which is one part of strategic
planning in ethio telecom. A descriptive research design was conducted to achieve the purpose
of the study. From 164total populations found at ethio telecom head quarter A.A. Which
combined both the supply chain division sourcing department and technical division end/user
departments, and out of the total population, 56 participants employed as a sample, having a
current position of specialists, supervisors and 8managers’ respondents. And they were selected
from supply chain divisions and technical division by employing stratified random sampling
technique. Questionnaire was used as the formal instrument of data collection. In addition to
that interview was made for some eight selected management respondents. A total of 56
questionnaires were printed and distributed and 54 of them were filled and returned, however,
out of 56 distributed questioners 2 respondents were missed. The response rate became
96.43percent from total number of sample (56). These samples were drawn from the total
population using stratified random sampling techniques. Moreover, the research approach of
this research was mixed approach or the combination of questionnaire, interview (quantitative
and qualitative) including document analysis. Data collected using these instruments were
analyzed using descriptive design statistics. Finally, the study revealed that the overall current
results from the below findings indicates there was low strategic sourcing implementation
practice (measured in terms of effective sourcing policy, procedure, process including the seven
step methodologies) in accordance with the overall company’s strategic sourcing/procurement
Planning, supplier development and management, stakeholder’s/user departments integration).
And also it suggested that the level of strategic sourcing implementation practices needs
improvement in terms of its effectiveness and efficiency on timely planning, using supplier
relation management /development efficiently, by integrating user departments with sourcing
committee and improving policy, procedures in relation with seven step methodology to confirm
the sourcing strategy with the overall corporate objectives in the case of ethio telecom as
perceived from evaluation of the respondents reply.
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Sourcing Strategy, Strategic Sourcing, Sourcing /procurement planning, purchasing management, supplier relation management/development, epartmental integration