Consumer & Sensory Insights Manager

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• Consumer & Sensory Insights Manager for Southern and East Africa (SEA) & West and Central African (WCA) – Your next challenge?
• Join us and help us delight our customers and consumers!
• As a Consumer & Sensory Insights Manager for our Taste & Wellbeing division, based in our Johannesburg office – South Africa, you will report to the Head of Consumer & Sensory Insights for SAMEA. You will help us improve our consumer understanding ofall food categories and set the sensory strategies to meet our customer’s needs.

As a part of our team, your influence will be:

•  Ensure that CSI projects and initiatives undertaken fit with the overall segment / area business strategy and priorities
•  Scope and define CSI project plans, designs, timelines and budget according to overall project objectives and key stakeholder expectations
•  Lead the successful execution of CSI projects by effectively leveraging different research approaches where relevant (i.e.sensory science, consumer sensory etc.), managing external research partners and internal constituents
•  Proactively leverage secondary research data and information to supplement primary research and effectively monitor trends in how markets, categories and consumers are evolving

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Engineering and related fields
• Experience in consumer & sensory insights for food and FMCG industries;
• Proficient in English.