Simon Harrison

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT SIMON HARRISON

Roles included; Area Leader, Operations Manager, Pre Construction Leader, Senior Contracts Manager, Contracts Manager / estimator / surveying responsibilities, Estimator KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Leadership of a business with an annual turnover of £60 million and 460 directly employed staff.• Development of pre construction and operational areas of a business to ensure a consistent approach, a quality product, delivery on time and within budget. • Key involvement in the strategic area of the business to enhance growth, including establishing and delivering a business plan and marketing strategy in line with group expectations.• Establishing business leads with new customers and developing relationships to ensure continuity of work. Liasing with key customers on a regular basis to maintain relationships.• Understanding of the local and regional customer / supplier / subcontractor base.• Implementation and leadership of financial reporting systems to ensure the commercial performance of the business.• Developing innovative solutions within the business and involvement in best practice workshops between regions.• Leading on large scale change within a business, including involvement in redundancy processes.• Development and training of directly employed staff. Covering areas such as time management, disciplinary procedure, managing poor performance, health & safety, selling the business, leadership and presentation skills.Specialties: Leadership, Business Development, Bid Management, Bid Writing, Estimating, Change Management, People Management, Operational Delivery and Best Practice