SENSORY MANAGER

 Key Responsibilities 

- Participate in project meetings and work with cross-functional team members to define project objectives, determine appropriate sensory and consumer research methodologies, design research plan, and coordinate tests.

- Independently analyze and interpret experimental data, provide technical recommendations, and report results orally or in written standard form.

- Allocate, coordinate, review optimum resources for sensory evaluation studies and integrate results and knowledge.

- Build up sensory expertise, tools, and techniques, while continuously seeking for improving Sensory Evaluation methods and promote the use of Sensory Evaluation in projects.

- Deliver sensory results on time.

- Coordinate and execute sensory screening for new Kerry employees.

- Train and maintain a pool of screened internal panelists to ensure the accuracy and competency of the sensory results.

- Provide sensory training for factory Quality Assurance team.

- Manage sensory requests from all EUM function departments.

- Lead and guide the local sensory team.

- Provide necessary technical support to other sensory labs in Involved in EUM function teams on main sensory projects. 

- Cooperate with marketing team for those initiative or reactive projects.

 Qualifications and Competency

- Bachelor’s Degree in Food science or similar background

- Minimum 6 years working experience in sensory science and consumer insight field.

- Good knowledge in different sensory evaluation methodologies.

- Strong statistical analysis skills with software such as XLSTAT, SPSS, JMP.

- Experience in leading a team is preferred.