Research Executive

Company Description

Who We Are

We are the leading international sensory and consumer research company specializing in food, beverages, cosmetics, personal care, and other consumer products.  We have 19 proprietary state-of-the-art facilities across France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Morocco, China and the USA, and cover more than 65 countries through our network of approved partners.

SAM provides tailor-made solutions, delivering actionable guidelines to make our clients’ brands and products memorable.

SAM is a great place to work.

Join SAM to work with the most competent, creative, and fun team in the industry and let your work, opinions and ideas contribute to the future of sensory and consumer research.

Become your most extraordinary self with support and development throughout your career.

Best In Class

Join our very diverse team of sensory scientists, food technologists, statisticians, psychologists, sociologists, strategic thinkers, marketeers, field managers, technicians and other sensory and research experienced colleagues.

We're proud to be part of the Eurofins Group

World-leader in Testing for Life. With about 61 000 employees, Eurofins is a global leader in testing services and over the last 20 years has been one of the fastest growing companies in the world, thanks to its innovation in technology and service.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

1. Project Management

1. Assisting in the management of a wide range of food, drink and personal care product tests with consumers
2. Writing screeners, questionnaires, and preparing the paperwork and materials required to run a consumer test
3. Programming of screeners & pre-screeners in Red Jade (you will be taught)
4. Managing the sourcing of product samples
5. Tracking and monitoring fieldwork progress
6. Interpreting the findings from consumer tests and helping to prepare the report

2. People:

1. Close collaboration with our fieldwork team
2. Work closely with other members of our consumer research, sensory and data analysis teams

3. Strategy:

       To delight our clients and to provide them with meaningful insights.

Qualifications

Skills:

• A bachelor’s degree possibly in a related subject area (we have great researchers with degrees in anything from Fine Arts to Economics & Geography)
• A natural curiosity for exploring what makes consumers like a product and why some consumers have totally different preferences.
• Some experience in market research or sensory research
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc
• Rigorous, responsive and proactive
• Strong organisational and planning skills, that ensure work is effectively prioritised to meet deadlines