Sensory Panel Manager/Coordinator

As a Panel Manager/Coordinator, you will be working onsite at our client’s R&D facility in Cork, Ireland. As the first point of contact for our client’s R&D team, you will be responsible for panel, project and lab management. Your responsibilities include but are not limited to …

• Scheduling of all panels, ensuring a minimum turn-around time of sample results.
• Panel recruitment, training, performance & maintenance.
• Creating project research plans including proposed methodologies.
• Signing off technician’s reports and prepare more complex data set/method reports.
• Collaborating with the client’s sensory team on final interpretation/recommendation/ report requirements.
• Coaching & development of panel leaders/technicians, helping them to advance and expand their capabilities.
• Implementing new sensory methods (incl. training for technicians).
• Ensuring that our client’s Quality Management System requirements are adhered to.
• Ensuring that panelists stay motivated through performance feedback.
• Leading initiatives for efficiency and sustainability through participating in the Green Lab Certification process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a Sensory-related study program
• Deep knowledge of sensory approach and statistics applied to sensory
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Confident communicator in English, both spoken and written
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and sensory software
• Ability to work in a cross-functional and intercultural environment with multiple stakeholders
• Open-minded, easy to connect and creative mindset
• Analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to adapt to changes in real-time and meet timelines
• Agile mindset and oroblem-solving attitude