Sensory and Consumer Experience Team Lead
On-siteNijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Job Summary
Lead the Consumer Experience Core Platforms team for Sauces and Meals in EPDM, transforming insights into actionable product and packaging design principles. Manage a multi-cultural group of researchers and analysts, prioritizing project pipelines and budgets to drive category growth and market penetration. Collaborate with R&D, Marketing, and leadership to align product development routes, while overseeing design sprints and product superiority programs. Build external partnerships and represent the team's voice to senior leadership and steering committees. Enrich agency rosters and cascade local insights to ensure consistency across studies.
Required Qualifications
- BSc in Food Science, Engineering or Sensory / Consumer Science or in Marketing or Innovation Studies
- 13+ years of experience
- Proven experience in the field of Consumer Technical Insights, Consumer eXperince, Cognitive science, Economical Science and Sensory Science
- established track record within consumer / FMCG / retail industries on the client side
- International experience within a matrix organization
- Strong background in quantitative and qualitative research
- experience in workshop facilitations
- Display a broad & diverse range of knowledge/application skills across the full range of sensory and consumer research disciplines
- Knowledge of Design thinking, lean start up and Design Principals methodologies applied to consumer products testing
Desired Qualifications
- ideally with food categories experience
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