General Mills

The Product Guidance Sensory Scientist ensures products are optimized and the quality as designed delivers on the critical sensory design principles and the job to be done.. Partner with Consumer & Market Intelligence, Research and Development, Marketing, Packaging, Supply Chain, and other business and product teams to guide the optimization of new products, product improvements, and protect product quality as designed. Master Degree in Sensory Science, Food Science, Psychology, Statistics, or related field.. Experience planning and executing sensory and/or consumer research in partnership with Product Design teams and/or CMI.. Experience in using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to uncover impactful insights from textual data.

sensory scientist

Job Description:
OVERVIEW

The Product Guidance Sensory Scientist ensures products are optimized and the quality as designed delivers on the critical sensory design principles and the job to be done. In this role, the development you will receive is:
Learn to influence and lead as a subject matter expert on a business team
Working in a global center of excellence
Consumer First Design Skills
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Partner with Consumer & Market Intelligence, Research and Development, Marketing, Packaging, Supply Chain, and other business and product teams to guide the optimization of new products, product improvements, and protect product quality as designed
Drive projects through appropriate product and packaging consumer and sensory learning plans from optimization to confirmatory testing, inclusive of building foundational product knowledge, protecting product quality, and enhancing consumer understanding
Facilitates consumer interactions to grow consumer empathy
Courageously champion product design and product quality as the sensory representative on business teams
Collaborate with global team members on global initiatives for the platform
Apply design of experiments to sensory and consumer testing
Synthesize qualitative consumer learning and interpret statistical analysis of results of quantitative sensory and consumer testing
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Master Degree in Sensory Science, Food Science, Psychology, Statistics, or related field.
Exceptional interpersonal, collaboration, and influence skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage resources and leverage existing data to effectively lead multiple projects.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience planning and executing sensory and/or consumer research in partnership with Product Design teams and/or CMI.
Fundamental understanding of applied statistical analysis, including design of experiments and multivariate analysis techniques.
Experience in using advanced statistics and modeling, to provide advanced analytic solutions to product and business teams.
Experience in using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to uncover impactful insights from textual data.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for a U.S. work visa.
International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
Company Overview:
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

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