Principal - Sensory and Product ExperienceIf you're motivated by meaningful work that directly contributes to the wellbeing of your community, the Nestlé Quality Assurance Center can offer you an unparalleled career. Our team is committed to being a force of good, protecting the safety and wellbeing of consumers across the nation. We provide comprehensive testing services to all of Nestlé's production facilities and co-manufacturers, ensuring that our food and beverage products meet the highest safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. JOB SUMMARY: Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.
The Sensory and Product Experience Principal drives high-level consumer and sensory expertise to research, technology and process-related programs, builds and continuously improves functional capabilities, and ensures cross-functional execution of global consumer centric initiatives. Our Principal establishes consumer and sensory mastership by being at the forefront in driving consumer knowledge building initiatives, giving expert recommendations that lead to informed decisions across our global organization, and ensuring a competitive advantage/sensory superiority/differentiated innovation in existing and new categories, in alignment with R&D and business strategies.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Consumer Centricity: Drive consumer centricity throughout the innovation & renovation process to optimize every consumer experience.Foundational Knowledge: Serve as a trusted advisor and recognized consumer and sensory expert to lead complex, strategic projects in a global context.Innovation / Renovation Mastership: Utilize mastership of foundational and advanced design of experiment techniques to escalate Innovation and Renovation impact.Collaboration and Knowledge Leadership: Advance vendor program relationships cultivated on trust and transparency.Technical Expertise: Build and enhance functional capabilities and ensure cross-functional execution of global consumer centric sensory programs.Value Delivery: Ensure mastership and full utilization of internal sensory discrimination and descriptive analysis panels.Continuous Improvement Mindset: Drive out-of-the-box thinking and new method development adoption within and across all sensory function.Operational Excellence: Responsible for establishing sensory specifications that drive quality and manufacturing excellence.JOB QUALIFICATIONS (Education, Experience and Knowledge): University graduate with a MS or PhD in food science, sensory evaluation, sensory science, psychology, consumer science, marketing research, nutrition, or statistics required.10+ years of experience with master's level degree or 7+ years with a Ph.D. in sensory and/or consumer testing.Expert knowledge in a broad variety of consumer, sensory, and market research techniques.Strong written and oral communication skills with an emphasis on effective visual storytelling.Strong organizational skills and ability to work well in a team environment.Independently motivated with good interpersonal/teamwork skills.SUPERVISION RECEIVED: A proactive, independent person, able to lead/manage/complete projects with minimal supervision. There will be at least two formal meetings with the Manager to evaluate the progress toward the goals.
SUPERVISION GIVEN: This individual does not have any direct reports but should be able to coach/mentor team members in projects that he/she is leading.
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected status, as defined by applicable law.
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