1. Curriculum Vitae: For
Jaison Jairos Makota
Contact Address: 478 Arcon T/ship of Borrowdale North Harare
Email addres: s jjmakota@yahoo.com
Cell: +263-772 956 976
Harare, Zimbabwe
PERSONAL PROFILE
Date of Birth : 17 / 09 / 1968
National ID Number : 22- 120828 c 12
Marital Status : Married
Sex : Male
Nationality : Zimbabwean
Race : African
Religion : Christianity
Languages : English and Shona & Zulu/ Ndebele.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
 High internal locus of control
 Well developed emotional intelligence
 A sound and astute decision maker
 An innovative thinker with a passion for creative solutions to challenges.
 An effective communicator at all levels with highly developed stake-holder engagement capabilities.
 A impact and result driven career mentality.
 Remarkable ability to adopt, adapt and adjust.
 An insatiable drive for knowledge accumulation and capability development.
 Strives to align with vision and to draw guidance from values framework.
 A high supply of energy, commendable tenacity and staying power.

2. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
‘O’ Levels (1985) Cambridge Examination Board.
Berejena secondary school(Masvingo)
7 Subjects passed at one sitting including English language, Science and Mathematics.
‘A’ Level (1988) Cambridge Examination Board.
Founders High school (Bulawayo)
3 Subjects passed.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
 Diploma In Marketing (LCCI) 1993
 Diploma In Public Relations (Zimbabwe Institute of public relations) (ZIPR) 1995
 BBA Marketing communications (GSMM- IMM) Part 2 2004
 Diploma Purchasing and materials management (Part3) 2000
 Executive Masters in Business Administration Degree (EMBA) June 2014 with
Midlands State University (MSU) AABS Accredited.
Professional Development Plans:
 Pursue Phd (Doctoral) studies in business leadership possibly from last quarter of 2016 whilst working.
 Already enrolled for an Advanced Diploma in Business Project Management with the university of Cape
Town (UCT)
 High Level of computer literacy with word, Ms excel, Adobe and Coreldraw
 Clean Class four Zimbabwe Driver’s Licence.
Employment History
Central Statistical Office (C.S.O) now Zimbabwe statistical Agency (ZIMSTAT)
Period : 1990- 1997
Position : Statistical Clerk 1990- 1993
Duties : Statistical data coding, verification and data capture.
Position : Statistical Officer
Period : 1993 -1997
Duties : Field based cartographic survey and mapping.
Field based research surveys and data collection

3. Compilation, processing, tabulation and analysis of national statistical data.
- Interpretation of statistical data, publication of statistical digest and periodic
research bulletins
- Quarterly production of research reports to the principal statistician for presentation to
the director of national statistical research
SKF Zimbabwe (Private) Limited.
Period : 1998- 2003
Position : Procurement and logistics officer
Duties : - local and international procumbent of bearings, of lubricants, oils seals industrial belts and
related iron-ware power transmission products.
-order expediting and
-overseeing shipping logistics.
-Liaison with accountant on stock – holding and re-order levels.
Position : Sales Account Manage r
Duties : +Drive acquisition and retention of national key account customers.
+Determining user requirements jointly with customer.
+Jointly determining monthly product and service usages with account customer.
+Producing monthly sales reports to the National Sales Manager
+Close liaison with procurement department to ensure stock availability for key accounts.
+Selling SKF’s engineering solutions to customers through direct interaction with customers and
through channel of company’s wide network of distributors
+Utilizing a consultative approach, discuss business issues with prospect and develop a formal
quote, a written sales proposal or a formal sales presentation addressing their business needs.
+ Responding to customer complaints with solutions.
+ Develop an account plan to sell to customers based on their business needs.
+ Build and strengthen the business relationship with current accounts and new prospects.
+ Recommend marketing strategies to the national sales manager
+ Provide status information to the manager including forecast/pipeline information.
+ Provide and facilitate training opportunities for our accounts.
+ Identify SKF customer references that can be utilized when reference selling.
+ Provide product feedback back to engineering to improve complete block solutions.

4. Lifetime Business Consultancy Pvt Ltd .
Period : 2004 to 2008
Position : Senior Business Development Consultant
 In Charge of
 Strategic planning and Corporate Policy formulation
 Crafting the vision, mission and drawing up the guiding principles of the organization.
 Coordination and management of consulting projects
 Supervision of three junior consultants.
 Market development,
 Recruiting and selection,
 Staff Training,
 Supervision and motivation of a staff compliment of 15 people
 Formulation and execution customer care programs
 Conduct industry, market, and product research.
 Evaluate product performance with respect to and thereafter.
 Analyze project product demand, product positioning, product viability /product profitability.
 Identify trendsetter ideas from researching industry and related events and publications.
 Conduct competitor analysis and determine Company service market share in order to
formulate product Development and positioning strategies to recapture and market share.
 Actively participates with management and all relevant stakeholders in the process of
 Developing and improving relationships, in order to meet business objectives.
 Create a conducive environment for team and individual development.
 Manage risk appetite limits in line with the risk appetite policy as set formally across by the
company.
Lifetime Business Consultancy Pvt Ltd .
PROJECT FINANCE & STRATEGY CONSULTANT
PERIOD : 2009- to Date
Overall Project Governance
 Provide strategic oversight to all projects within the Company by providing direction and guidance to
assigned project leads/managers.
 Oversee program/project execution and ensure adherence to high timelines with partners and
internal cross-functionalteams, promoting high standards of professionalism, integrity and

5. leadership throughout the life of projects, both within and outside the organization.
 Establish project management policies and guidelines for projects
 Develop new project requests and work with the senior management team to migrate
approved initiatives into well thought out projects.
Lead, plan, organize and implement large-scale and/or strategic projects:
 Provide effective and efficient project management to key strategic, large-scale projects
within the business area.
 Provide regular updates and information, and partner with senior management and
stakeholders regarding project progress and emerging issues.
 Comprehend and communicate business aspects of projects
 Participate in corporate planning and corporate policy formulation, crafting the vision,
mission statement, setting goals, objectives and guiding principles
 Craft professional business plans that satisfy the requirements of clients, funders and all
players in the project and all stakeholders.
 Jointly drawing up engagement documents with the legal consultants and ensuring that
the clients understand clearly the key issues on commitment.
 Provision of business process and solution related consulting activities in accordance
with project statement of work or specific consulting engagement request.
 Provision of solution consulting advice to effectively provide the customer with
knowledge and best practice guidelines of the required business solution.
 Enablement of business benefits in accordance with consulting assignment
deliverables.
 Create a databank of domestic and international project financiers
 Mobilize project finance and prepare project presentations to the prospective funders.
arrange client engagement meetings
 Jointly restructuring the investment models with the financier and recommending best
strategic options to the client
 Prepare factsheets and due diligence papers
 Intermediate negotiations of investment terms between clients and project funders.
 Key Advisor to the client on best strategic options of the investment deals.
 Prepare and conduct product training of junior consultants as required.

6.  Spearhead customer service review sessions with the junior teams.
 Complete administrative tasks -timesheet recording and project/site documentation.
 Undertaking extensive travel domestically to customer project locations.
 Attend to other relevant duties as directed by the business development manager
 Participate in pre-sales activities when required.
 Contributing to proposals, and tender responses.
 Identify and report additional business opportunities for consulting when conducting an existing
engagement training, site reviews, further solution rollouts etc.
In summary
In Summary my job current Job involves
 Strategic project management to ensure project’s constant and ultimate alignment
to the vision of the organization.
 Financial performance of the projects managed from quote to cash processes.
 Leadership to teams to ensure productivity, efficient use of materials & equipment,
and contractual performance of the project in terms of time schedule, budget and
delivering quality as specified or more.
 Effective communication with clients and all relevant stake holders groups
IT SKILLS : High level of proficiency in
· Ms Word,
· PowerPoint,
· Ms Excel
· Publisher and
· CorelDraw

7. DISTINGUISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING MANAGEMENT SKILLS
COMMUNICATION / PRESENTATION:
· Distinguished talent in written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- A Strong motivator, able to effectively communicate to all levels motivating multi-disciplinary teams
on a day-to-day basis
- Ability to manage quality and application of effective change management skills, tools and techniques
- An aptitude for driving consultative project leadership techniques
- Ability to manage quality and application of effective change management skills, tools and techniques
- A solid background delivering complex, multi-million dollar projects requiring cross-collaboration
amongst many, business, and change management teams
- working with the various stakeholder teams, collaborating with other Project Managers and project
sponsors on the planning, organization and implementation of business strategies.
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HELD.
ORGANISATION : CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICER / ZIMBABWE STATISTICAL AGENCY
POSITIONS HELD : STATISTICAL OFFICER
1. In charge of supervising 10 statistical clerks, and 5 draftsmen in Zimbabwe Government
Statistical bureau and in charge of national economic research and data bank of the nation.
2. SKF ZIMBABWE (PVT) LTD.
POSITIONS HELD : Sales Account Manage r
In charge of supervising 15 sales representatives, and 3 sales supervisors in SKF Zimbabwe
Government statistical bureau and in charge of national economic research and data bank of
the nation.
Reporting to National Sales Manager
Lifetime Business Consultancy Pvt Ltd.
Senior Business Development Consultant
In charge of supervising 5 business development consultants, finance and administration officer, 3 sales
representatives.
Reporting to Business Development Manager
Lifetime Business Consultancy Pvt Ltd.
Project Finance & Strategy Consultant
In charge of supervising all project teams (20) and Reporting to Director Operations.

8. CAREER PLANS:
To emerge as a fully qualified, competent, hands down professional expert in projects strategic
leadership, business strategy leadership, and an innovation consultant with its deepest peach in projects
delivery leadership backed by a robust PHD in business leadership whose research interest are rooted in
and around the management of projects performance and projects finance.
HOBBIES
Reading Professional publications and journals on:
- Projects Management
- Innovation Excellence and Strategy guidance & Leadership
- Corporate performance and competition analysis
-- Motivational quotes and inspirational speeches
- Soul music
- Science and environment video clips
REFEREES.
1) The National Sales Manager
SKF Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd.
Llyod Sagonda
Phone +263712 608 581
2) Managing Director
Lifetime Business Consultancy Pvt Ltd.
Mr T J Mushonga
Phone +263737 171 917