Product Experience Associate Researcher

Job Description

Product Experience (PX) represents the voice of the consumers within IFF and helps to drive regional sales by providing insightful intelligence to optimize the consumer product experience.

IFF PX Europe is looking for a Product Experience Associate Researcher for a period of 18 months, starting in September 2024 to cover a period of maternity leave. This position will be based at our site in Haverhill, Suffolk.

As Product Experience Associate Researcher, you will be responsible to drive and execute sensory and consumer research projects in alignment with business opportunities and corporate strategies and supervise the sensory lab

and internal panel. You will partner closely with the creation and design team to generate sensory and consumer insights that are directly relevant for the product design.

You will also partner with commercial and marketing teams to ensure impactful customer engagement.

Job Requirements

The successful candidate will be a team player, dynamic and insightful while pragmatic and result oriented with prior experience in the field of sensory and consumer science.

Responsibities include:

• Maintaining the sensory lab in Haverhill as well as the internal panel dedicated to discrimination tests

• Working with cross functional project teams (commercial, marketing, creation, and design teams) and effectively designing and executing sensory & consumer tests to bring impactful insights to the projects.

• Analyzing consumer and sensory data and presenting findings to internal stakeholders and customers to guide development and showcase our expertise.

Required Skills:

• Masters in Sensory Science

• Skills in sensory and consumer methodologies and data analysis

• Ability to craft a compelling story driven by data to deliver insights

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

We are IFF. We are the catalyst for discoveries that spark the senses and transform the everyday.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. is a leading innovator of sensorial experiences that move the world. At the heart of our company, we are fueled by a sense of discovery, constantly asking "what if?" That passion for exploration drives us to co-create unique scents and tastes in fine fragrances and beauty, detergents and household goods, as well as beloved foods and beverages. Our 7,300 team members globally take advantage of leading consumer insights, research and development, creative expertise, and customer intimacy to develop differentiated products.

Dreamers and doers, we work tirelessly to discover flavors and fragrances that inspire customers and delight consumers. We are fueled by our four corporate values of passion, creativity, expertise and empowerment.

It is the unique blend of these values that make us IFF. These qualities can be seen and felt throughout our amazing 129 year history and will continue to guide us as we explore our limitless possibilities and develop new-to-world solutions that enhance the lives of millions around the globe.

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