Shiferaw Mitiku (PhD)Gashahun Asrat2026-11-132026-11-132026-10https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/9523This study examined the effect of strategic sourcing practices on the procurement performance of humanitarian supplies with evidence from selected local humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. A quantitative research approach with a descriptive analysis was applied. Data were collected via structured questionnaires from 116 respondents across four selected local humanitarian organizations (Family and Children Integrated Development Foundation, NEXUS Ethiopia, Oromia Development Association, and Action for Social Development and Environmental Protection) through a census method. Descriptive statistics analysis of means and standard deviations, and inferential statistics of multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The study findings obtained that supplier prequalification was the most established strategic sourcing practice with a mean of 4.0108, joint purchasing initiatives were the least performing with a mean of 2.9009. On the procurement performance, regulatory compliance recorded the highest score mean 4.0819 and lead time was the weakest performance, with a mean of 3.5754. The inferential study of regression analysis shows that the model is highly significant. The overall model score has a value of F= 29.885 and p < 0.001. The procurement performance was explained by 62.2% of the sourcing strategies in the study, where sustainability-oriented procurement (β = 0.305, p = 0.001), local supplier development (β = 0.300, p < 0.001), and inventory pre-positioning (β = 0.255, p = 0.008) emerged as statistically significant positive predictors of procurement performance. However, issues of political instability and security, whose mean is 4.14, and poor infrastructure, whose mean is 4.09, have been identified as having the highest levels of difficulty. The research has come to the conclusion that strategic sourcing activities are not completely embraced, and that procurement activities in lead times are driven by compliance cultures. The paper proposes that the local NGOs improve their procurement activities, develop programs for local suppliers, increase strategic pre-positioning, and focus on lead times as a major gap in procurement performance. The donors are advised to be more flexible in their funding arrangements for strategic sourcing and infrastructure.en-USStrategic sourcingprocurement performancehumanitarian supplieslocal humanitarian organizationsEthiopiaThesis