Protea Recruitment Ltd | Food | Drinks | FMCG Recruitment Partner
Senior Sensory Technologist
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Senior Sensory Technologist
Location: Buckinghamshire
The Opportunity
Our client is a leading international food manufacturer with an exciting portfolio of well-known consumer brands. They are seeking an experienced Senior Sensory Technologist to join their Innovation team, playing a key role in ensuring consumer and sensory insights drive product development and business decisions.
Working as part of a collaborative cross-functional team, you'll lead sensory and consumer research programmes that support innovation, product optimisation and continuous improvement across a diverse product portfolio. This is an excellent opportunity to influence products from concept through to launch while working with a business that places consumers at the centre of everything it does.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead sensory and consumer research programmes across innovation, renovation and product optimisation projects.
- Design and execute sensory and consumer studies using appropriate quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
- Manage projects from study design through to analysis, interpretation and presentation of results.
- Translate complex data into clear, commercially relevant recommendations that influence product development.
- Present insights to technical, commercial and senior stakeholders to support decision making.
- Work closely with Product Development, Marketing, Consumer Insight and Technical teams to embed consumer learning throughout the innovation process.
- Identify market, category and competitor trends to support future innovation strategies.
- Champion best practice in sensory science and continuously evaluate new methodologies and technologies.
- Build strong relationships across the business to maximise the value of sensory and consumer insight.
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About You
We're looking for someone with a strong background in sensory science who enjoys working collaboratively and influencing product decisions through data-driven insight.
You'll ideally have:
- A degree in Food Science, Sensory Science, Consumer Science or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in sensory science or consumer technical insight within the food or FMCG industry.
- Strong understanding of both qualitative and quantitative sensory methodologies.
- Experience using statistical and sensory software such as RedJade, XLSTAT, R or similar.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to interpret complex datasets and communicate findings in a clear and engaging way.
- Strong presentation and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working within cross-functional innovation or product development teams.
- Excellent organisation and project management skills.
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What's on Offer
- Competitive salary
- Annual bonus
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced pension
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Life assurance
- Flexible benefits package
- Ongoing professional development and career progression
Interested?
If you're passionate about sensory science and consumer understanding and are looking to make a real impact within a global FMCG business, we'd love to hear from you.
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