Job description

Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN) is a global leader in the development, manufacturing & marketing of sports and nutrition solutions. The company is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL and markets products under its own brands and for many of the leading brands of sports and wellness products through the world. This exciting business continues to grow rapidly and is currently seeking a Consumer and Sensory Scientist to join the sensory group in R&D.

This position will be accountable for consulting with R&D to design studies to meet their sensory testing requirements, creating test questionnaires, conducting statistical data analysis and writing reports with recommendations, as needed.

Essential Functions:
Consults with Product Development on Innovation projects to design studies to meet their sensory testing requirements; executes testing, as needed.
Consults with Second Sourcing and Productivity Teams to design sensory testing to ensure there is no perceivable change in finished good quality as raw materials and/or processes are evaluated for approval.
Manages, organizes and tracks multiple sensory projects.
Creates sensory test questionnaires in Compusense, conducts statistical analysis and interprets data, as needed to support the R&D Team.
Supports final report creation by providing lead with overall results and comments from testing; writes reports and presents results to the R&D/Marketing Teams, as needed.
Develops sensory best practice protocols and delivers trainings to the Team, as needed.
Leads the flavor and texture training for panelists; provides refresher trainings as needed.
Works with Sensory Manager to set up discrimination screening and tracks panelist performance.
Leads recruitment and orientation for new GPN panelists.
Manages the Stability Program from initial meeting with requestor through final data entry into tracker; responsible for facilitating chamber maintenance.
Partners with global GPN colleagues to align on sensory methodologies and best practices.
Responsible for maintaining the sensory kitchen and assuring all required testing items are stocked and available.
Assures safety protocols are in place and enforced.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Proficiency in food science or experience with food products with interest in growth in the food sensory sciences
Working knowledge in the application of sensory (descriptive, discrimination), consumer research (CLT, HUT, focus groups) and statistics in a FMCG/CGP commercial environment.
Expertise in Sensory Descriptive Analysis and ability to train Descriptive Panels.
Proficient in statistical analysis with understanding of Design of Experiments (DOE), key driver analysis, and multivariate statistics.
Experience using sensory software (Compusense, FIZZ, Xlstat); Compusense proficiency a plus.

Education/Experience:
Education/Experience: B.S. in a science field with 5+ years working independently in a food sensory lab or M.S. in Food Science with 1+ years’ experience in a food sensory lab.
Active member of at least one key professional organization including ASTM, IFT, Pangborn, Sensometrics, Society of Sensory Professionals, etc

GPN manufactures and markets the full range of performance nutrition and lifestyle products including protein, pre-workout, muscle gainers, ready-to-eat snacks and general health. We offer M/D/V, 401k, PTO, tuition reimbursement and more.
At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.

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