People Director
Paula is a hands-on, results-orientated People Director with a track record of successfully creating and delivering pragmatic people solutions aligned to business strategies. She has extensive experience gained in fast-paced, multi-site, private, public and family-owned businesses including Boodles, Accenture, Lufthansa and Thames Water.
Summary
Paula’s expertise covers the whole spectrum of Strategic and Operational HR including recruitment, people leadership and development, talent management, transformational change, business insights, performance metrics and delivery, business restructuring, operational efficiencies and excellence, stakeholder relations, and employee relations and engagement.
Paula enjoys supporting businesses to grow through their people, is used to working under pressure and has extensive experience of fast growth and high-volume environments. Supporting companies ranging from Global multi-national corporations to SMEs, Paula is experienced in sectors as broad as Technology, Engineering, Luxury Retail and Airlines. She is passionate about businesses being profitable as well as being great places to work.
Paula’s commercial yet compassionate approach has enabled her to lead and develop teams to deliver exceptional results and build trusted advisor relationships with business leaders to identify and resolve their people issues, allowing them to focus on their priorities.
Paula has led and worked on a variety of projects including implementation of Kronos Time and Attendance systems, Lean Manufacturing, Sunday Times ‘Best Companies to Work For’, ‘Hearts and Minds’ with globally renowned customer service expert, Michael Heppell, and Human-Centric Customer Experience audits and workshops.
Paula is a Chartered member of the CIPD and has a BA (Hons) in Business Administration. She has recently received her accreditation as an Internationally Certified Practitioner of Thomas International’s Personal Profile Analysis (PPA).
What others say about Paula
- "Paula is a highly talented and accomplished People Director who has been instrumental in transforming and modernising QBS' Human Capital department. She has made significant contributions to the company's growth ambitions and has quickly achieved all objectives in her first quarter, moving from transactional to transformational approaches. Paula's impressive accomplishments include attaining Gold IIP Accreditation in record time, developing an exceptional EVP, improving user experience, and delivering greater return on investment with the Cezanne HR software. She has seamlessly integrated into the QBS team and has become an integral part of the company's culture of collaboration and excellence. Paula's diverse breadth of experience has been a valuable asset to the Board, and she is a pleasure to work with." Dave Stevinson, CEO, QBS Software
- "Paula’s in-depth understanding of the Boodles staff DNA has been outstanding, and she has consistently sourced and presented top quality candidates for final interviews. In addition, her implementation of innovative training and development programmes and performance management processes have maximised staff productivity, contributing greatly to the growth, profitability and success of the business. " Michael Wainwright, Managing Director, Boodles