Candidate Profile

James Joash Okello Okema 

7-9F Portal Road, Entebbe, Entebbe, Wakiso 

+256782086950 jamesjoash92@gmail.com

Summary 

Self-driven, dynamic Oil and Gas Business Management professional whose long-term goal is to leverage Design Thinking and Technology to solve problems around efficiency and effectiveness of business processes, access to markets and guaranteeing trust to unlock opportunities. Furthermore, I possess desirable problem solving, critical thinking, innovative, effective negotiation, and strategic planning skills. Lastly, I am enthusiastic about contributing to the team through excellent people skills, a willingness to take on extra responsibility whenever necessary, designing and implementing systems that boost efficiency and effectiveness of business processes, and execution of strategies that lead to increased revenues. My education background has equipped me with a better understanding of the oil and gas value chain, and it will serve as a foundation for continuous learning, personal development and career growth in an industry I am so excited to be a part of.

Experience 

General Manager 

KingFresh (U) Limited                    06/2017 – 01/2019

Kampala , Kampala

Steered a year-over-year business growth whilst leading operations, strategic vision and long-term planning.

Designed and implemented annual budgets with tight controls to prevent excesses, reduce burn rate and support sustainability objectives.

Improved employee productivity and attitude by designing an employee rewards system.

Minimized costs, managed delivery schedules and performed risk analysis to improve profitability.

Boosted operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts and costs.

Monitored and controlled inventory levels as well as recording and reporting spoilages.

Business Development Executive 

Origo Advocates                   01/2021 – Present

Kampala , Kampala

Developing and executing strategic initiatives to implement key changes and improvements in business development.

Defining and integrating roles, responsibilities and processes for the marketing and data management team in the firm.

Identifying and pursuing valuable business opportunities to generate new revenue streams for the firm.

Investigating and addressing business development challenges to proactively mitigate problems.

Developing short-term and long-term objectives to meet market trends.

Leading a corporate social responsibility program focused on conducting legal and business advisory workshops among the Eritrean and Ethiopian communities to educate them on the legal and business frameworks in Uganda.

Conducting primary research on individuals and businesses with roots in the Eritrean and Ethiopian Communities to tailor a product best suited for this nascent market. Building and nurturing strategic partnerships with businesses owned by Eritrean and Ethiopian immigrants.

Taking on extra responsibility in providing basic consultancy on the Petroleum frameworks and value chains.

Skills 

Education.

Ndejje Senior Secondary School                   High School 

12/2010

Luweero , Luweero

Attained my high school education at this institution, both my O’ and A’ Level where I elected to study Physics, Economics, Mathematics and Entrepreneurship.

Uganda Christian University                BSc. Oil and Gas Business Management 

07/2022

Kampala , Kampala

Attained a Second Class Upper Honours Degree.

Stanbic Business Incubator                   Enterprise Development Program 

March/2021

Kampala , Kampala

Completed an Enterprise Development Program that focused on training leaders of SMEs on how to analyze the current position of their businesses, innovate, pivot and lay strategies for their next stage of growth. Key modules included: Health, Safety, Security & Environment, Corporate Governance, Bid Management, Contracts and

Contracts      Management,          Procurement             and     Negotiation, Joint    Ventures, Communication, Design Thinking, among others.

Strategic Engagement                   CNOOC Entrepreneurship Development Program

08/2021

Kampala , Kampala

Completed a mentorship training program that covered modules on organization design; Finance for entrepreneurs, Management of Procurement process in Oil and Gas, Health, Safety, & Quality Management Systems, and Resource Mobilization in the Oil and Gas Sector.

TOTAL ENERGIES          TILENGA MOOC, March 2022

A 10 weeks online Training program on Math, Science, and the Petroleum Industry conducted by Total Energies E&P Uganda Limited, the lead operator of the petroleum project in Uganda. The program prepared me for the challenge of working on the pioneer petroleum project and transnational crude oil pipeline. I have acquired skills problem solving and deeper understanding of the petroleum industry, it’s operations and value chains.

Market-Creating Innovation Bootcamp, June 2022

An eight-session curriculum designed to empower emerging markets innovators with principles and frameworks necessary to create new markets that make affordable products and solutions based on a clear understanding of the Customer’s Job-to-be done.

This training changed my perspective about building solutions; from building for the consumption economy to building for the non-consumption economy. When products are designed for the entire non-consumption markets, prosperity is guaranteed.

The BOOTCAMP curriculum is anchored around principles outlined in “The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty”, written by the late Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen, Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon. 

James Okello Okema Joash References: 

Timothy Lwanga

Partner

Origo Advocates

1. O Box 11223, Kampala

2^nd Floor Bakwanye House, Plot 26 Wampeewo Avenue.

www.origolaw.ug  tlwanga09@gmail.com

+256777461775/+256757461775

Sarah Apio DipM, MCIM

Business Manager

Nation Media Group

1. O Box 12141, Kampala Plot

40,     Wampeewo     Avenue.

sarah.apio@gmail.com

+256776033330

James Mugerwa

Dean of Students,

Institute of Petroleum Studies Kampala, P.O

Box       6207,      Rose      Lane,      Muyenga

www.ipsk.ac.ug  james.mugerwa@gmail.com james@ipsk.ac.ug

+256705386220