Head of Sensory Science & Product Performance

Colgate-Palmolive; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Basic life insurance

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

401(k) with company match

15 vacation days and 13 paid holidays

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a Sensory Science and Product Performance Director to lead day-to-day sensory and product testing, including consumer, employee, and expert panels. You will set up standardized processes for data collection and reporting and manage a team of five, collaborating with category leads across Oral Care, Skin Health, Personal and Home Care.

The role requires 7+ years in sensory science or consumer insights, 3+ years of people management, and strong leadership with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 7+ years of professional experience in sensory science and/or consumer insights is required.
• 3+ years of experience as a people manager is required.
• Experience leading consumer/expert/employee panels and analyzing resulting data is required.
• Experience in leading technical projects and influencing cross-functional partners within CPG, Food Technology, Personal Care, or related consumer products is required.
• Ability to communicate and present to technical and non-technical audiences at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Sets up the new group/team of Sensory and Product Performance team.
• Leads all the sensory and product testing - consumers, employees and expert panel.
• Oversees standardization of the process of conducting product and consumer experience testing, questionnaires, data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Ensures testing incorporates benchmarking against key competitors/gold standard for perceivable superiority.
• Leads the setting up of data collection to house and own the database for internal reporting and predictive insights.
• Uncovers cross-category/transversal opportunities.
• Embeds a granular approach to the entire product usage journey.
• Leads the group which will support the Strategic Category Leads (not client facing).

Skills

Strong leadership

Team-building

Analytical thinking

People-centric mindset

Data curation

Synthesis / connecting the dots

Education

Bachelor's degree

Masters or MBA

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a Sensory Science and Product Performance Director to lead day-to-day sensory and product testing, including consumer, employee, and expert panels. You will set up standardized processes for data collection and reporting and manage a team of five, collaborating with category leads across Oral Care, Skin Health, Personal and Home Care.

The role requires 7+ years in sensory science or consumer insights, 3+ years of people management, and strong leadership with