Senior Specialist, Sensory Panel Insights

About the role

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name! Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Product Sensorial Expert to lead and implement sensory and consumer research programs focused on the oral care category. In this role, you will oversee the sensory evaluation processes for global projects, support research design and interpretation, and foster innovation in methodologies and analysis. You will also manage logistics to conduct internal panels and employee tests as well as managing external suppliers and ensure adherence to Colgate-Palmolive’s quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Support sensory and consumer research programs, ensuring the effective implementation of methodologies for product evaluations in personal and home care categories.
• Assist in designing research frameworks and methodologies, interpret results, and analyze data.
• Drive innovation by exploring and assessing the feasibility of new methodologies.
• Write comprehensive reports on assigned projects, presenting findings and actionable insights to support product development and enhancement.
• Manage logistics and supplier interactions, guaranteeing timely and quality-assured deliveries of services.
• Ensure accurate and timely supplier payments in line with company standards.
• Coordinate and execute employee and sensory evaluations with designated panelists or employee/consumer databases to support product development efforts.
• Oversee the administration and logistics of multiple panel databases, manage external suppliers and facilities, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
• Identify and integrate new sensory and consumer research methodologies to better support R&D initiatives.
• Suggest and implement process enhancements regarding sensory and employee protocols.
• Develop and implement incentive programs to enhance panel engagement and strengthen relationships with panelists.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Sensory Science, Psychology, Statistics, Food Engineering/Science, Marketing Research, or related fields.
• 4 years of experience in sensory science. OR 2 years of sensory science experience with a relevant Master's Degree.
• Experience coordinating, training, and upskilling expert sensory panels.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of employee/consumer testing fundamentals, specifically focusing on implementation.
• Proficiency in Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, and Slides).
• Preferable knowledge of statistics and data entry systems such as Minitab, SPSS, SAS, Compusense, or Red Jade.
• Desirable knowledge of Python.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage.
• Participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements.
• Minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours).