Paul Butler
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Duarte Ramos
I worked with Paul for more than two years, managing him directly and in a dotted line. Paul is an outstanding communicator. As a Learning professional, he always had very high NPS scores from all the training sessions he managed. He is a very good moderator, as well as actively engaging audiences of all kinds. He possesses a unique combination of recruitment, training, and HR business partner experience, in the UK, The Netherlands and Europe as a region. Culturally he was very aligned and respected by his colleagues at the organization. It was very difficult to see his position affected during the COVID reorg. We would work with Paul again in the future, and I personally strongly recommend him.
Pietro Carmignani
Throughout his career at Gympass, Paul has been an integral and much-loved member of the team both at a local and global level. When I first hired Paul, he was completely instrumental in the success of the UK business by delivering top talent to key positions and was a key driver in championing our informal but results-driven culture. Because of this, I was more than happy to sponsor his evolution to a HRBP role, a role in which he delivered expert strategic HR support not only to me, but also my leadership team. When his scope widened to cover the L&D remit for the region, it was a pleasure to see Paul driving the development of the very people he hired, particularly because of his natural flair in the classroom. I am more than happy to vouch for Paul, his proactive mindset and harmonising teamwork approach makes him an asset for any team.
Duarte Ramos
I worked with Paul for more than two years, managing him directly and in a dotted line. Paul is an outstanding communicator. As a Learning professional, he always had very high NPS scores from all the training sessions he managed. He is a very good moderator, as well as actively engaging audiences of all kinds. He possesses a unique combination of recruitment, training, and HR business partner experience, in the UK, The Netherlands and Europe as a region. Culturally he was very aligned and respected by his colleagues at the organization. It was very difficult to see his position affected during the COVID reorg. We would work with Paul again in the future, and I personally strongly recommend him.
Pietro Carmignani
Throughout his career at Gympass, Paul has been an integral and much-loved member of the team both at a local and global level. When I first hired Paul, he was completely instrumental in the success of the UK business by delivering top talent to key positions and was a key driver in championing our informal but results-driven culture. Because of this, I was more than happy to sponsor his evolution to a HRBP role, a role in which he delivered expert strategic HR support not only to me, but also my leadership team. When his scope widened to cover the L&D remit for the region, it was a pleasure to see Paul driving the development of the very people he hired, particularly because of his natural flair in the classroom. I am more than happy to vouch for Paul, his proactive mindset and harmonising teamwork approach makes him an asset for any team.
Duarte Ramos
I worked with Paul for more than two years, managing him directly and in a dotted line. Paul is an outstanding communicator. As a Learning professional, he always had very high NPS scores from all the training sessions he managed. He is a very good moderator, as well as actively engaging audiences of all kinds. He possesses a unique combination of recruitment, training, and HR business partner experience, in the UK, The Netherlands and Europe as a region. Culturally he was very aligned and respected by his colleagues at the organization. It was very difficult to see his position affected during the COVID reorg. We would work with Paul again in the future, and I personally strongly recommend him.
Pietro Carmignani
Throughout his career at Gympass, Paul has been an integral and much-loved member of the team both at a local and global level. When I first hired Paul, he was completely instrumental in the success of the UK business by delivering top talent to key positions and was a key driver in championing our informal but results-driven culture. Because of this, I was more than happy to sponsor his evolution to a HRBP role, a role in which he delivered expert strategic HR support not only to me, but also my leadership team. When his scope widened to cover the L&D remit for the region, it was a pleasure to see Paul driving the development of the very people he hired, particularly because of his natural flair in the classroom. I am more than happy to vouch for Paul, his proactive mindset and harmonising teamwork approach makes him an asset for any team.
Duarte Ramos
I worked with Paul for more than two years, managing him directly and in a dotted line. Paul is an outstanding communicator. As a Learning professional, he always had very high NPS scores from all the training sessions he managed. He is a very good moderator, as well as actively engaging audiences of all kinds. He possesses a unique combination of recruitment, training, and HR business partner experience, in the UK, The Netherlands and Europe as a region. Culturally he was very aligned and respected by his colleagues at the organization. It was very difficult to see his position affected during the COVID reorg. We would work with Paul again in the future, and I personally strongly recommend him.
Pietro Carmignani
Throughout his career at Gympass, Paul has been an integral and much-loved member of the team both at a local and global level. When I first hired Paul, he was completely instrumental in the success of the UK business by delivering top talent to key positions and was a key driver in championing our informal but results-driven culture. Because of this, I was more than happy to sponsor his evolution to a HRBP role, a role in which he delivered expert strategic HR support not only to me, but also my leadership team. When his scope widened to cover the L&D remit for the region, it was a pleasure to see Paul driving the development of the very people he hired, particularly because of his natural flair in the classroom. I am more than happy to vouch for Paul, his proactive mindset and harmonising teamwork approach makes him an asset for any team.
Credentials
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Qualified Yoga Teacher (Vinyasa 200hrs)
Yoga AllianceMar, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Human Resources Foundations
LinkedInMay, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Strategic Human Resources
LinkedInMay, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
LinkedInJan, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences
LinkedInDec, 2019- Oct, 2024
Experience
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7people ✨
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Netherlands
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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People & Culture Lead
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Jan 2023 - Present
7people is a People & Culture consultancy. Our mission: 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. Awesome clients include: ✔ TicketSwap ✔ The Social Hub ✔ GoodHabitz ✔ Trunkrs ✔ Odyssey Hotel Group ✔ Instapro / Werkspot ✔ Biller ✔ MAAK ✔ LOAVIES ✔ Bitvavo ✔ Payaut ✔ Insify ✔ Planblue ✔ Uberall ✔ Stories ✔ …and a lot more Skills: HR Business Partnering · Organizational Development · Talent Development · Total Rewards Strategies · Compensation & Benefits · Organizational Culture · Workforce Planning · Change Management · HR Transformation · HR Consulting · HR Project Management · Talent Management · Strategic workforce planning · Human Resource Development · Onboarding · Talent acquisition · Employee experience · HR data & analytics · HR Strategy
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TicketSwap
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Netherlands
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Events Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Interim People & Culture Partner (via 7people)
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Fourthline
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Netherlands
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Financial Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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People Business Partner
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Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
In this role I was responsible for supporting our Managers in growing, developing & retaining their teams. Duties included: workforce planning; managing the performance review cycle, supporting the salary review cycle, management the employee engagement surveys and developing career pathing and competency frameworks. Project Owner of: -Onboarding Programme; -Company Learning Programmes; -Implementing & Managing the Performance Review Cycle (including feeding back big data to leadership); -Implementing & Managing the Engagement Survey; -HRIS Procurement & Implementation.
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Gympass
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United States
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Learning & Development Advisor - Europe
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Jul 2019 - May 2020
As part of our Organizational Development team, my role is to deploy Learning & Development programmes across our European & US regions. Programmes include: - Onboarding; - Sales Academy; - Leadership Development; - Culture Change; - Team Workshops.
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HR Business Partner - UK & NL
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Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
Partnering with senior leaders in our UK and NL operating companies to provide both strategic & tactical HR support on matters including, but not limited too: -Talent Acquisition;-Employee Engagement;-Organisational Design;-Compensation & Benefits; -Learning & Development; -Talent Management;-Global Mobility.
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TA Specialist
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Dec 2016 - Jun 2018
Joined the business prior to the UK launch of the platform while the business was in it’s scale-up phase. The primary focus was recruiting the commercial functions i.e. B2B Sales, Relationship Managers, Customer Success teams, Sales Development Reps and Partnerships Specialists. Also responsible for HR Admin, Contract Compliance, Onboarding and advising the business on performance management
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Recruitment Consultant
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Jun 2015 - Dec 2016
Recruiting for the legal function, my role delivered qualified lawyers in to in-house teams within the Technology, Media & Telecoms sectors. Recruiting for the legal function, my role delivered qualified lawyers in to in-house teams within the Technology, Media & Telecoms sectors.
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Majestic Wine
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United Kingdom
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Beverage Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Manager
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Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
Accountable for the continued growth of the retail arm of the companies flagship store and responsible for the motivation and training of seven reports at varying levels of seniority.
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Store Manager
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Nov 2013 - Oct 2014
Managing the longer-term operations of a brand new Wine retail outlet. On top of day to day operations of team management & motivation, intelligent merchandising and customer service, this includes: Implementing sales strategies; Team training and development, including quarterly appraisals; interviewing applicants for junior positions and direct ordering from external suppliers.
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Assistant Manager
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Nov 2012 - Oct 2013
Split over two 6 month placements in St Albans and then Colchester, this role included: developing and implementing a strategy for the continued development of the business in conjunction with the Store Manager; handling the day to day management of the store and in-store team & driver including the continued development of Trainee Managers; building and maintaining relationships with business customers; tailoring a selection of products for numerous different types of events and commercially aware merchandising in line with current market trends.
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Graduate Management Trainee
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Nov 2010 - Oct 2012
This two year training programme involved four six month placements. The first two in a Trainee Manager role which I undertook in the St Albans and then Norwich Branch followed by the second two placements with extra responsibility as an Assistant Manager in our Peterborough store and then the Majestic store in Bushey.This role also required successful completion of the WSET Advanced Certificate and formal training in Customer Service, Management and Presentation Skills.
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Education
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2005 - 2008
De Montfort University
BA(Hons), History -
2002 - 2004
Aylesbury Grammar School
A - Levels
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