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Senior Scientist - Sensory

Employer
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
Location
Winston Salem, NC
Closing date
May 25, 2022

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Sector
Science
Organization Type
Corporate
Company DescriptionEurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job DescriptionResponsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
  • Applies the highest quality standard in all areas of responsibility
  • Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
  • Demonstrates strong client service skills, teamwork, and collaboration
  • Proactively plans and multitasks to maximize productivity
  • Meets all quality and productivity metrics and demonstrates strong teamwork and collaboration
  • Regular attendance and punctuality
  • Perform a variety of sample preparations for flavor panel
  • Schedule panelists using Outlook, and maintain professional communication via phone and email
  • Prepare product samples; manage consumable inventory; manage labware and paperwork
  • Purchase supplies and perform P-card reconciliation
  • Use Compusense cloud software to generate ballots
  • Overall responsibility for descriptive, expert and difference testing:
  • Oversees experimental design, test programming in Compusense or equivalent sensory software, product procurement and regulatory paperwork, completion of testing, analysis and reporting
  • Work directly with external clients to set project timelines and fulfill requests
  • Ability to deliver clear insights through analyzing multiple/complex data sets.
  • Work directly with client R&D, global sensory, marketing and quality stakeholders as a sensory subject matter expert
  • Recruit, train and monitor panelists, prepare feedback for panelist performance for 5+ sensory panels of 100+ panelists to ensure quality of sensory data
  • Ensure adherence to client's global panel performance standards
  • Willingness to learn and utilize established client analyses in software such as R software, XLStat
Generate miscellaneous documentation for training and for use by panelistsResponsible for summarizing and reporting resultsWrite, review and update work instructionsCommunicates effectively with client staff membersConducts all activities in a safe and efficient mannerPerforms other duties as assigned

QualificationsBasic Minimum Qualifications:
  • At least five years related experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Sensory Science, Market Research, Statistics or related science (i.e. Chemistry).
Additional Preferences
  • Master's or Doctoral Degree in Food Science, Sensory Science, Market Research, Psychology, Statistics or related science.
  • Online Sensory Program Certificate
Additional InformationPosition is full-time, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm. Overtime as needed. Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Winston-Salem, NC are encouraged to apply. Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid vacation and holidays
Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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