Paul Teasdale Email & Phone Number

West Sussex, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Responsible for Leading a Sales Driven Team providing Unique and efficacious high end ingredients to the Cosmetic Manufacturing IndustryMarked achievements:Revolutionised the company's online presence with a highly effective online ingredient search tool with different permissions granted to different levels of customer/users. Enhanced the website SEO and implemented the online marketing campaignsSelected and implemented Sales Force CRM systemBuilt the Team from the ground up. All current employees in the company have been selected, interviewed and hired by myselfIncreased the company product portfolio by engaging new suppliers independently and at international trade shows.

Zimbabwe

• Designed and Built of various High Ropes and Team Building activities.• Identification and setup of commercial abseils• Training Instructors of Safety protocols and Process Flow• Writing and Implementing SOP's for the smooth operation of all activities• Risk Assessment

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Design and Implementation of adventure tour packages, survival courses and luxury tour packages centred around Victoria Falls, The Zambezi River and surrounding wilderness

Victoria Falls

• Class 5 Safety Kayaking for commercial whitewater rafting• Ensuring the safety of all commercial rafters by rescuing anyone that falls out of the rafts in the swift water environment.

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Adventure Tours content creation and social media strategy

Victoria Falls Zimbabwe

W• Worked on 3 separate seasons of the reality TV show "The Amazing Race"• Designed and built various challenges• Local Liason for Location scouting with Executive Producers• Local Expert on safety, remote access and wilderness safety• Rigging and rope work• Water Safety

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

• Overseeing all aspects of the Retail and Wholesale operations.• Instrumental in introducing a new marketing strategy that involved providing specialist Sommeliers and bar trainers to add value to the hospitality industry customer base.• Maintaining good relationships with the key players in the hospitality Industry

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

• Remote Wilderness access Drone Piloting and Videography• Required extensive remote access skills such as class 5 whitewater kayaking, high angle rope access and Big 5 wilderness skills.• Capturing, producing and post-production of Wildlife and Adventure tour promotional footage

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Designing and Implementing luxury adventure tour packages based around the Zambezi river and it's surrounding wilderness.

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

• Designing and Implementing Social Media marketing strategy for various businesses especially in the Hospitality Industry.• Content creation• Staff training

Zimbabwe

• Leading groups through multiday survival courses.• Crossing hard terrain• Class 5 Whitewater Safety Kayaking• Advanced Abseil and self-rescue techniques• Setup and running of Tyrolean traverse• teaching various wilderness survival• Ensuring the safety of clients in a Big 5 wilderness environment

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

• Responsible for all aspects of the Crocodile Cage Diving tour operation.• Crocodile care and welfare• Client liaison• Agent relations• Business development• Marketing Strategy• Social Media• Media Capture and Processing• Financial Management

Teasdale Laboratories

• Refinanced and restarted operations after a year’s closure due to Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation.• Engaged with old employees to entice them back into their original positions to ensure a fast transition back to normal business operations• Streamlined the product portfolio to focus on key value items and regain customer confidence.• Re-engaged large chain retailers as well as smaller retailers across the country to stock the products.• Streamlined all aspects of the supply chain to maximize cost efficiency and minimize the amount of working capital required to operate.• Maintained a strong footing in the formulation development department in order to facilitate the cost effective streamlining of the product portfolio.

Zimbabwe

• Implemented a new production plan based on an efficiency audit I designed and implemented• Wrote and implemented production SOP’s• Researched and secured secondary suppliers for both raw materials and packaging.• Streamlined process flow by redesigning factory layout.

Zimbabwe

• Day to day quality assurance• Formulation development• New product testing• Whilst studying, developed a natural product range for the American market under the brand “African Earthworks”. This would later be rebranded by new owners.• Started research on many different African plant actives with a special interest in Kigelia Africana

Zimbabwe

• Assisted the Chief product development chemist with selecting and sourcing active ingredients • Assisted in the creative development of the product development process

Zimbabwe

• Basic quality testing and adjustments to bulk product batches• Data capture and analysis• Equipment set up and calibration

• Day to day compounding of raw materials to produce batches of bulk product• General upkeep of compounding zone

Zimbabwe

• Day to day dispensing of raw materials and pre-preparation of said materials before moving on to compounding • General upkeep of dispensing zone

Zimbabwe

• Identifying KVI’s and Key Accounts through sales analysis• Assisting the Sales & Marketing Manager in a PA type role

Zimbabwe

• Finished goods warehousing and stock control• Shipping of goods out and receiving of returns• Coordinating transport logistics from the factory to the customer

Zimbabwe

• General labour and cleaning• Labour on production lines

Diploma In Cosmetic Science, Cosmetic Science

Activities and Societies: Society of Cosmetic Chemists of South Africa

Education record