The Effect of Strategic Supplier Partnership Management on Procurement Performance: The Case of National Alcohol and Liquor Factory Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2023-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Procurement Performance is one of the areas of study in an organization with the aim of assessing the performance, effectiveness, and expenditures of the procurement teams with the ongoing goal of enhancing the value of procurement to the business. The main objective of the study is to assess the Effect of Strategic Supplier Partnership Management on Procurement Performance at the National Alcohol and Liquor Factory in Addis Ababa. The study deployed a mixed research approach so as to provide extensive insight and generalizable results. Sample surveys were conducted with a sample size of 231 factory staff. The researcher used structured closed ended questionnaires as well as semi-structured interviews to collect primary data. Secondary data were also adopted from documents related to the area of the study. Of the 226 questionnaires used, 217 were used and entered into SPSS version 23 for data analysis. An explanatory study design was used to test the effect of independent variables on dependent variables using a multiple linear regression analysis. The major findings of the study indicate that attributes of Strategic Supplier Partnership Management which are Leadership Commitment, Use of Technology and Collaboration, Communication, and Joint Decision-Making have a significant and positive effect on the Procurement Performance of the Factory. The study concluded that variables of Strategic Supplier Partnership Management are very important aspects of Strategic supplier partnership management, which leads to an improvement in procurement performance. Finally the researcher recommends the need for implementing age-cutting technology, involving Key strategic suppliers in the planning and goal-setting activities as well as creating an enabling environment to have flexible and dynamic collaboration with the key supplier and thereby improves Procurement Performance.
Key Words: Strategic Supplier Partnership Management, Procurement Performance
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Strategic Supplier Partnership Management