Sensory Research Executive

Location:

Crawley

Are you passionate about consumer research? Posses effective project management skills? Want a multicultural working environment with fantastic colleagues?

If so, SAM has the right opportunity for you!

We are the leading international sensory and consumer research company specializing in food, beverages, cosmetics, personal care, and other consumer products. We have 19 proprietary state-of-the-art facilities across France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Morocco, China and the USA, and cover more than 65 countries through our network of approved partners.

SAM provides tailor‑made solutions, delivering actionable guidelines to make our clients’ brands and products memorable.

Join our very diverse team of sensory scientists, food technologists, statisticians, psychologists, sociologists, strategic thinkers, marketeers, field managers, technicians and other sensory and research experienced colleagues.

World‑leader in Testing for Life. With about 61 000 employees, Eurofins is a global leader in testing services and over the last 20 years has been one of the fastest growing companies in the world, thanks to its innovation in technology and service.

Job Description

• Assisting in the management of a wide range of food, drink and personal care product tests with consumers
• Writing screeners, questionnaires, and preparing the paperwork and materials required to run a consumer test
• Programming of screeners & pre‑screeners in Red Jade (you will be taught)
• Managing the sourcing of product samples
• Tracking and monitoring fieldwork progress
• Interpreting the findings from consumer tests and helping to prepare the report
• Close collaboration with our fieldwork team and other members of our consumer research, sensory and data analysis teams
• Build and maintain good client relationships and provide them with meaningful insights

• A bachelor’s degree possibly in a related subject area (we have great researchers with degrees in anything from Fine Arts to Economics & Geography)
• A natural curiosity for exploring what makes consumers like a product and why some consumers have totally different preferences.
• Some experience in market research or sensory research
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Proficiency in MS Office:
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc
• Rigorous, responsive and proactive
• Strong organisational and planning skills, that ensure work is effectively prioritised to meet deadlines