Sensory Panel Leader

**Looking to grow and develop your career and skills in Sensory Research? Then this may be the opportunity you are looking for...**

**We’re searching for a Sensory Panel Leader to join our Sensory Team based at one of our client sites in Singapore.**

**About MMR**:
MMR Research Worldwide is a global market research agency, offering research solutions to support optimisation in products, packaging and all aspects of branding within food, drink and other FMCG and retail sectors.Our team of over 600 highly engaged, multi-disciplined employees are primarily dynamic research professionals, sensory experts and data scientists. We're a diverse bunch, with backgrounds in R&D, insight, marketing, sensory science, data sciences and psychology. We also boast a true global reach with offices in the US, UK, The Netherlands, China, Singapore, Mumbai, Thailand, South Africa, Colombia and Brazil. We are the biggest sensory partner in the world with over 30 descriptive panels globally and more than 60 sensory scientists.

**About the role**:
This is an exciting role where the Sensory Panel Leader will be specifically working within the home care and personal health care category, and responsible for managing a trained sensory panel, as well as leading the client’s sensory activities through to completion; from initial request to raw data provision and ensuring that the panel session planning and leadership, sensory moderation, panel performance analysis and monitoring fulfil our clients’ needs and fit their KPIs. Working with sensory manager and lab assistant, the work routines also include admin tasks such as quality assurance, test request/record tracking, sample management and lab maintenance. Part of the role will include recruitment and training of additional new panellists. This position will be based at the client’s sensory facility at Biopolis, Singapore.

**Requirements**:
**You will be**:

- A strong team player -able to maintain open and honest relationships colleagues building trust and confidence. You will need to be able to work well both independently and as part of a team
- A self-starter who likes to take initiatives and demonstrates flexibility in a dynamic environment (including flexibility in time worked)
- A self-manager - able to switch between tasks according to business needs, coping with changing priorities and keeping sensory team members informed of possible issues. Your exceptional organizational and time management skills and ability to multi-task will enable you to both prioritize your own workload and implement effective administrative processes.
- In possession of excellent interpersonal and communication skills (fluent in written / spoken English is critical)

**You will have**:

- A real passion for working in sensory research
- Logical, analytical mind
- Natural passion for seeking out the most effective and efficient ways of working and being prepared to speak up about your ideas
- Great attention to detail - should be able o check own work and others’ work for inconsistencies and take the necessary action to rectify any errors/problems
- Ideally, you'll have some experience of working with expert trained sensory panels or have moderated qualitative groups

**Benefits**

Here at MMR, we are about building a workplace for the future. We believe in equal opportunities and celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves.

Our benefits are some of the best in the industry, we can share them with you if you want to know more. Our focus is not just on the expected benefits such as pensions and bonus schemes but the wellbeing of our employees. We’ve taken great strides to ensure that we support you to remain happy and healthy during your time with us.