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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. · 1 month ago

Senior Sensory Scientist

Burlington, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$76K/yr - $115K/yr

5+ years exp

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. is a leading beverage company in North America, and they are seeking a Senior Sensory Scientist to lead research for innovation and renovation initiatives. The role involves designing research plans, coordinating tests, analyzing data, and providing technical recommendations while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives.

CoffeeFood and BeverageManufacturing

Responsibilities

Delivers sensory research within R&D, meeting business objectives, driving standards, consistency and ensuring excellence in research

Provides feedback to appropriate cross functional team members and customers; reports findings and communicates next steps to team members. Actively participates in project team meetings as required and ensures delivery of commitments and project milestones

Independently designs sensory experiments. Creates research plans to fit overall business priorities and objectives

Applies design of experiments to sensory evaluation testing

Interprets statistical analysis of the results of sensory evaluation testing

Provides extensive knowledge of industry best practices with respect to sensory methodologies and maintains significant awareness of developing/ state-of-the-art technology

Generates high quality, robust, compliant data, and reports. Supports improvement of standardized sensory practices, protocols, and processes across various functions of the organization. Performs comprehensive, sophisticated, and critical evaluation of own data and data from other scientists

Works closely with other Sensory Scientists and Product Developers to effectively use internal panels to facilitate product development

Communicates clearly and concisely to audiences with a wide range of understanding of Sensory Science

Sr Scientist must be able to effectively prioritize work and manage through complexity and ambiguity

Demonstrate flexibility and resilience in adapting to changing business needs and priorities

Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion

A successful candidate will exhibit a passion for innovation, is results driven and takes ownership of work

Qualification

Sensory research methodologiesStatistical analysisExperimental designSensory research softwareBeverage industry experienceResiliencePassion for innovationCommunication skillsTeam collaborationFlexibility

Required

BS degree from an accredited university (e.g. Food Science, Sensory Science, etc.) AND/OR MS degree from an accredited university (e.g. Food Science, Statistics, Sensory Science, etc.)

Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in Sensory field

Minimum 3 years of experience utilizing sensory research software (i.e. Compusense)

Willingness to travel up to 20%

Fluent in discrimination, descriptive and consumer test methods and experience in applying experimental design and statistics to sensory research