Unilever

Unilever

Unilever Food Solution (UFS) Scientist Foods CTI

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Sponsorship not specified$71k-$107kDetected 7 days ago
SalesResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingFood ScienceSensory Analysis

About the role

  • ABOUT UNILEVER: With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world.
  • Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us.
  • At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our collaborative, and flexible working environment.

Responsibilities

  • A key responsibility in a strong Consumer Technical Insight (CTI) role is to serve as the connective thread between consumer (chef/operator) needs, technical expertise, and business strategy, working across US partners in marketing, CMI and R&D. This means:
  • Develop and execute consumer technical test plan including sensory or consumer product and packaging testing to identify targets for designing superior products and evaluation of their delivery.
  • Define or contribute to the CI plan for innovation, strategic or competitive benchmarking exercises to ensure relevant key attributes are at the heart of design and evaluation.
  • Analyze operator and sensory data to draw out big consumer insights and identify key measures for driving superior product designs and evaluation including Structure Team Assessments.
  • Implement CTI operator/functionality/performance best practice, techniques and processes.
  • Story telling - lead and co-author strategic KBS (Knowledge Based Story) that lands superiority and support Superiority roadmap.
  • Support claims strategy through conducting claims workshops, claims support testing, craft compelling knowledge-based selling (KBS) narrative by identifying the most effective ways to highlight and elevate product superiority in alignment with brand strategy.
  • Partner closely with brand marketing. Consumer & Market insight (CMI) and the R&D- development team to define outstanding, compelling claims and KBS.
  • Manage or support execution of relevant operator, sensory or claims testing
  • A key responsibility in a strong Consumer Technical Insight (CTI) role is to serve as the connective thread between consumer (chef/operator) needs, technical expertise, and business strategy, working across US partners in marketing, CMI and R&D.

Requirements

  • Must have at minimum a BS or MS degree in psychology, nutrition, sensory science, food science, physical science, marketing/market research or related scientific discipline.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience within a category R&D function, Knowledge of the category or other food-based business, Consumer Technical Insight functional and performance experience.
  • Experience in B2B with chef, operators and dining experience and product functionality insight.
  • Have statistical knowledge and ability to interpret data
  • Analytical thinking with an ability to identify patterns within data
  • Up to 25% travel required.
  • Excellent communication skills (oral and written) to bring consumer(operator)/sensory insights to life for multi-functional audiences in a clear and engaging way.
  • Strong planning, organizational and attention to details in execution of CTI research and roadmap.
  • Ability to identify the needs of technical projects and create insight programs for delivery.
  • Application of psychological principles to define operator insight research activities.
  • Creative thinking to support the development of new ideas and how to showcase product superiority.

Nice to have

  • Background in consumer insights, particularly within agency settings or external research consultancies
  • Preferred: Background in consumer insights, particularly within agency settings or external research consultancies
  • Minimum 3 years in Consumer/chef/operators/dining insights, sensory Science with experience in conducting sensory research, consumer qualitative, quantitative and claims research (in CPG with B2B is a plus).

Skills

  • Our people thrive on their roles being empowered and end to end- across all functions.

Compensation

  • The pay range for this position is $71,400 to $107,200.
  • Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
  • Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits

  • Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan.
  • Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
  • If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accommodations@unilever.com.

Company info

  • At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities.
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