Sensory and Consumer Scientist

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Are you interested in helping transform the world, one product at a time? At Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, we are too. We remove barriers so everyone can achieve their full potential and work together to improve the things that make life great.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sensory and Consumer Scientist in our consumer products division at our Neenah Technical Center (NTC) in Neenah, WI. We are looking for you to join our Innovation and Product Development team. Your role focuses on researching consumer perception, behavior, sensory experience, and preferences so product developers can unlock differentiation in their products and optimize the user experience, resulting in compelling claims and superior product performance. We are seeking an individual who can make an impact and then grow to greater levels of responsibility over time.

This opportunity will allow you to combine your technical expertise, strategic and economic thinking, leadership skills, creativity and entrepreneurship to help build up our culture of innovation and have a direct impact on business performance. Do you have a passion for connecting consumer perception to measurable product attributes enabling product developers with the right tools to build products consumers will love? This could be the right opportunity for you. Come join us and be part of our growth transformation!

What You Will Do

• Leading the execution and maintenance activities of the established trained / descriptive panel: recruitment, screening, training, panelist maintenance, reference inventory maintenance, scheduling panelists, leading descriptive sessions, sample evaluations, data analysis and report writing.
• Becoming familiar with the range of sensory profiles and attributes seen in products across categories.Providing continuous improvement insights to ensure robust and accurate panel data and supporting new panel development.
• Facilitating internal user experience testing of products across categories.
• Executing a wide range of consumer studies including category benchmarking, prototype testing, and foundational research, through HUTs and/or CLTs while supporting development of study protocols, screeners, questionnaires, and stimulus, including guidance for product preparation and handling, to maintain consistency and accuracy in data collection; liaising with external research vendors on study parameters and elevating issues.Influencing product development and business teams by transforming data into insights to drive decisions and by communicating key findings to stakeholders in an effective manner..
• Working closely as part of an integrated team of product developers to optimize user experiences, identifying meaningful points of product differentiation, and translating those insights into market-relevant claims.
• Collaborating across consumer products teams

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Degree in Food Science or Psychology or other related fields acceptable
• Consideration: BS with minimum of 2 years of experience in a wide range of sensory analysis and consumer (qualitative, quantitative) testing techniques and their applications; OR Master's degree in Sensory and Consumer Science with 0-2+ years of experience
• Foundational knowledge and experience with sensory and consumer study design and analysis

What Will Put You Ahead

• At least 2 years of experience in a role researching sensory and consumer science.
• UC Davis Applied Sensory and Consumer Science Certificate or a relevant Sensory and Consumer Certificate from an accredited institution.
• Experience leading a trained panel.
• Experience conducting sensory or consumer tests.
• Experience analyzing a variety of diverse data sets using statistical software.
• Experience presenting research plans and findings to a wide variety of stakeholders.

The Georgia-Pacific Dixie Sensory and Consumer Science Team is part of the Innovation Team which leads the strategic long-term product and technology innovation road mapping across the CPG product lines. We do so in collaboration with our category and insights partners and with a focus on connecting consumer perception to technical and measurable attributes of our products. We are a capable and diverse team of individuals that leverage our complimentary skills and experience to build the strongest innovation pipelines for our future. As the manager of the team, my approach is to enable alignment of high value opportunities with your capabilities and career development goals so you can succeed and help achieve our goals as a team and business. We are stronger together and are looking for you to help us grow!

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

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