Factors Affecting Project procurement performance in Ethio Telecom

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of procurement management on project procurement performance, specifically; The study also examines the factors or variables Procurement planning; Staff competency, Utilization of information communications technology, Procurement procedures, that affect the performance of procurement. Descriptive and explanatory research design were used in executing the study as well as quantitative research approach. The study employed stratified with simple random sampling technique to select the respondents. The sample size of the study is 114 respondents. Primary data was collected using self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect relevant information from respondents. Data was analysed using of both descriptive statistics such as frequency tables percentage, mean and standard deviation and charts and inferential statistics such as correlation and regression using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) version 26. Findings indicate that all Procurement Planning, Staff Competency, Procurement Procedure, are the major factors that significantly affect procurement and they have a significant positive effect on procurement performance. The Conclusions this study indicate procurement factors have statistically significant effect on procurement performance of Ethio telecom. 80.1% of the variation in the procurement performance of organization can be explained by the procurement factors (independent variables) included in the model. However, the remaining 19.9% changes in procurement performance in the organization is caused by other factors that are not included in the model.