Mark Harrison

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ABOUT MARK HARRISON

A passionate, highly creative, positively energetic and experienced Soft Facilities Management professional with a proven and successful track record of combining horticulture, leadership and soft facilities management across a range of public and private locations. Exceptionally skilled in delivering a high-level strategic planning and operational management to spearhead multimillion pound facilities contracts.A dedicated leader, and horticulturist subject matter expert and advisor who has the ability to educate, motivate, influence and lead teams to deliver exceptional service results. A client-centred professional who has adaptable consultative negotiation skills, with a natural ability to seize opportunities, delivering client value and best practice, whilst developing solid relationships based on integrity and mutual respect at all professional levels.Key Professional Skills & Attributes: • Knowledge & expertise: Possesses nearly 10 years of leadership expertise from within the soft facilities management sector.• Leadership: Recognised by others as a supportive, personable and empowering leader, who is able to equip individuals and teams to reach their fullest potential by displaying clear and open communications, enabling all to achieve collective results. • Operations: Well versed in the day-to-day operations of maintenance across various regions, overseeing health and safety, fleet management, budgeting and finance, client and stakeholder engagement, HR and leading compensation projects. • Facilities management: Ensuring grounds maintenance standards are adhered to, which includes grass cutting, winter work scheduling, reporting to senior management on performance, machinery procurement and arboriculture programming. • Commercial acumen: A commercially sound professional who is able to assess and evaluate P&L, and ensure that soft maintenance strategies and plans are in line with annual financial performance. • Problem solving: A pragmatic, adaptable and proactive problem solver, who is able to identity the root causes of a range of soft maintenance issues with the support of others by utilising seasoned subject matter expertise and knowledgebase. • Relationship management: A personable individual who endeavours to build strong relations with Line Managers, Business Managers, Soft Maintenance Teams, Contract Managers, Colleagues and Stakeholders by exhibiting trust and understanding.