Senior Consumer Science & Capability Leader

Mars

Batley

On-site

GBP 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Mars in the United Kingdom seeks a senior technical leader to shape the future of product experience for our Pet Nutrition consumers. The role demands provocative thinking, strategic influence and hands-on capability development within consumer sciences, including sensory disciplines and quantitative methods.

You will build and govern standards, coach talent, and drive external engagement to strengthen our capability roadmap.

Qualifications

University degree (Masters Degree preferred) in sensory or consumer sciences or related equivalent.
Proven experience in Consumer Science including 5+ years of experience in technical capability development within an FMCG/Agency environment.
Strong foundational excellence in quantitative research methodologies and ideally in qualitative research too.
Extensive, hands-on experience in sensory science.
Strong statistical knowledge.
Ability to communicate complex scientific approaches with clarity and to various audiences, including non-experts. ability to speak with authority and inspire change.
Experience in developing and implementing global standards and frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional and cross-regional teams, coupled with strong stakeholder management skills.
Fluent in English, knowledge of a 2nd language would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

Capability Building: Design and implement a short to mid-term capability-building roadmap in consumer sciences, including sensory sciences, both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and other relevant user-centric design sciences; define data quality standards and governance.
Talent Empowerment & Up-skilling: Support learning and development of technical talent within CTI with coaching to build capability growth.
Directional Leadership: Set the direction for our consumer capability agenda; identify, prioritize and pioneer new tools and methods for holistic product experiences.
External Leadership: Maintain external network, represent the company at forums, and review vendor management approaches in related sciences.
Digital Integration: Champion the evolution of consumer science capabilities in a digitized R&D environment, integrating new technologies and data sources.