Sensory Scientist I - Golden Valley, MN

OVERVIEW

The Sensory Scientist provides strategic product guidance to optimize the total product experience through smart Sensory Design while safeguarding the critical design principles and the job to be done. This role will support the Cereal Operating Unit and more specifically the Adult Cereal category of brands, like Cheerios. In this role, the development you will receive is:

• Learn to influence and lead as a subject matter expert on a business team
• Working in a global center of excellence
• Consumer First Design Skills

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Partner with Consumer & Market Intelligence, Research and Development, Marketing, Packaging, Supply Chain, and other business and product teams to guide the optimization of new products, product improvements, and protect product quality as designed
• Drive projects through appropriate product and packaging consumer and sensory learning plans from optimization to confirmatory testing, inclusive of building foundational product knowledge, protecting product quality, and enhancing consumer understanding
• Facilitate consumer interactions to grow consumer empathy
• Courageously champion product design and product quality as the sensory subject matter expert on business teams
• Collaborate with global team members to share learnings and best practices
• Apply design of experiments to sensory and consumer testing
• Synthesize qualitative consumer learning and interpret statistical analysis of results of quantitative sensory and consumer testing
• Communicate key findings in a relevant and easy to understand manner and guide the business teams to next steps and additional questions to be answered on the learning journey to inform the product development process.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters Degree in Sensory Science, Food Science with an emphasis on Sensory Science, Psychology, Statistics, Behavioral Science, Human Factors, Consumer Experience or related fields
• Exceptional interpersonal, collaboration, and influence skills with technical and business facing teams or consumers
• Strong communication skills with an emphasis on strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage resources and leverage existing data to effectively lead multiple projects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience planning and executing sensory and/or consumer research in partnership with Product Design teams and/or Consumer Insights
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, consumers or customers
• Fundamental understanding of applied statistical analysis, including design of experiments and multivariate analysis techniques
• Experience in using advanced statistics and modeling, to provide advanced analytic solutions to product and business teams
• Experience in using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to uncover impactful insights from textual data

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S in an on-going fashion. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for a U.S. work visa.
• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $62300.00 - $85800.00 / Annually. At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.