Robert Harrison Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Ohio, US

Tradesmen International provides construction contractors and industrial companies with North America’s best, safety-minded skilled craftworkers. We’re able to do so because we have more than 175 construction-specific recruiters based out of our National Recruiting Center and network of nearly 200 local market service teams.

Boston, MA, US

Irving, Texas, US

• As Chief Commercial Officer at Shermco Industries, I led Sales and Marketing for the largest independent provider of electrical testing, maintenance, repair, commissioning, engineering, and training services in North.
• ~30% Top Line (15% underlying) growth while also improving overall gross margins and EBITDA.
• Designed and implemented go-to-market sales strategy focused on increasing customer wallet share through cross-selling and adding new locations while concurrently pursuing new project and customer acquisition
• Drove 25% increase in weekly quote production to ~500 quotes per week by leveraging third party lead sourcing, earlier pursuit of projects and introducing additional service lines
• Recruited and hired 15 new sellers equipping each branch with sales coverage and capacity necessary to accelerate growth
• Built sector based National Accounts program to improve customer engagement and further Shermco’s specialist approach

Westborough, MA, US

• Fueled profitability growth within a $1B+ service enterprise while spearheading sales operations, national accounts, and customer care activities.
• Improved customer retention rate from 90% to 97% by designing effective strategies for new customers secured through M&A processes.
• Generated 30% growth in 2.5 years by coordinating sales transformation lifecycles, such as new sales strategy execution, new sales compensation, and territory-based deployment.
• Strengthened organizational effectiveness by leading change management efforts for ~500 sales and customer care representatives with minimal staff turnover.
• Collaborated with subject-matter-expert (SME) business development professionals to build a sector-based “best in class” national account management program.
• Formulated turnkey inside sales organization with dedicated inbound, outbound, and developmental sales representatives to drive new business acquisitions.

Dumbarton, GB

Robert Harrison is the Vice President, Area General Manager of Aggreko’s Western Canada Region and Oil Sands Division. In this role, Robert has expanded Aggreko’s footprint in the area, opening 5 new Service Centers and expanding Aggreko personnel by 55% to support the growth in Oil Sands. During his time in Canada, Robert and his team have deployed.

Dumbarton, GB

Responsible for the growth and development of the Petrochemical and Refinery business within the Gulf Region.

US

• Successfully launched DeconGel into the hazardous chemical decontamination markets. Responsible for developing strategic marketing plan, identification of distribution vehicles and business development.
• Responded to global environmental disasters (i.e. BP Oil Spill and the Hungarian Red Sludge) via personal inspection and successful onsite testing of DeconGel® which resulted in positive public relations for the.
• Conceptualized and authored strategic marketing plan for DeconGel in the Hazardous Chemical markets.
• Identified priority contaminants of concern for research and development purposes; ultimately resulting in a focused and expedited entrance into the hazardous chemical decontamination arena.
• Discovered pathways to the hazardous chemical markets via distributors, service companies and vertical end users both domestically and internationally.
• Developed operational and revenue budgets for DeconGel in the Hazardous Chemical Vertical

Norwell, MA, US

Responsible for operating safe and profitable business units, by maximizing utilization of labor and equipment resources, driving business development, controlling and planning expenditures and managing employee training and progression. -Oversight of 12 operating regions, ~$200Million in revenue, 24 Profit and Loss Statements, 5 General Managers, ~300.

Norwell, MA, US

• Los Angeles, CA- Technical Services General Manager for Southern California and Arizona
• Successful profit and loss management of the company’s largest household hazardous waste business and one of the largest transportation and disposal operations. Annual revenues of forty million dollars and businesses.
• Instrumental in the transition and staffing of one of the company’s largest Apollo On-Site programs. Hired 16 employees and worked through an aggressive transition time line to operate the United States Navy’s.
• Implemented various initiatives such as transportation internalization, expedited billing and supply expense management, which improved field operating income and days sales outstanding.

Norwell, MA, US

Minneapolis, MN- Responsible for the growth and development of newly created Northern Midwest Region by opening service centers, hiring staff, acquiring equipment and driving business development-Inspired and conducted the opening of the Cannon Falls, MN and Des Moines, IA service centers to accommodate growing business levels. These were the first service.

Norwell, MA, US

Minneapolis, MN- Responsible for coordinating all waste management and spill response activities as well as directing employee efforts on-site at Flint Hills Resources Refinery (formerly Koch Petroleum), the largest refinery in the upper mid-west.-Upon award of contract, immediately hired seven employees and acquired seven commercial vehicles along with.

Ba, Biology Environmental Science

O-Levels/G.C.S.E

Executive Leadership, Organizational Leadership