Senior Research Sensory Scientist - D05 Clementi New Town, Hong Leong Garden, Pasir Panjang, SG

Roles & Responsibilities

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers tocreate healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' mostvalued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing youopportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The Sensory Scientist will manage sensory activities in collaboration with function project leaders. This involves managing sensory projects, supporting client’s studies and participating in the product development cycle. You need to provide professional guidance and enable project leaders to define and progress towards measurable sensory targets.

Moreover, you will be involved in EUM function teams on main sensory projects. You also need to cooperate with marketing team for those initiative orreactive projects.

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, coordinate tests, etc.
• 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; continuously seek 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.
• Maintain a clean and organized laboratory work environment and supplies inventory.

Qualifications and skills

Tell employers what skills you have

XLSTAT

Machine Learning

JMP

Factory

Quality Assurance

FMCG

SPSS

Food Science

Publications

Data Science

Nutrition

Analytical Modelling

Product Development

Design Research

Screening

Laboratory