Sensory and Consumer Experience Manager

**About us**:
**We create delicious.**

As the global population grows, animal agriculture will not be efficient enough to meet demand. Both plant-based and traditional food companies face bottlenecks around authenticity and ingredient supply. That's where Nourish Ingredients come in

We have created some of the world's first animal-free fats derived from nature and scaled through precision fermentation. These potent lipids deliver an authentic animalic taste to alternative proteins and dairy, and have the potential to reshape current ingredients in traditional food industries.

Backed by Horizons Ventures and Main Sequence Ventures, we are a key player in creating a climate-resilient future.

**Our team is growing rapidly and we're on the hunt for a Sensory and Consumer Experience Manager **to work within our commercial team and help our company to achieve our big, audacious goals of a more sustainable, delicious and diverse food system.

**This person will**
- Serve as the central point of contact for all sensory-related activities and methodologies.
- Lead sensory research to optimize product performance.
- Establish and manage Nourish's internal sensory panel, including selection, training, and validation of panellists.
- Assess and monitor the performance of the sensory panel.
- Develop and execute training plans for Nourish's internal sensory panel.
- Manage sensory projects from design through to actionable recommendations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and customer targets.
- Implement standardized protocols to ensure consistent sensory analysis across the organization.
- Analyze sensory data and deliver comprehensive feedback to relevant teams (e.g., product development, marketing) to drive informed decision-making and innovation.
- Spearhead consumer research projects to uncover valuable insights.
- Identify customer sensory targets and understand consumer challenges to support the alignment of technical teams with customer goals.

**Preferred qualifications and experience**
- A PhD in sensory and consumer science with evidence of relevant postdoc experience; or a Bachelor's/Master's degree with at least 5 years of experience in food industry in a sensory working role.
- Significant experience in leading, designing, and conducting sensory and consumer science research.
- Solid experience in either dairy or meat sensory testing - encompassing testing for aroma, test and textural properties of product offerings
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and experience to work effectively, and to establish and maintain strong relationships with colleagues, collaborators, and clients.

**We offer**:

- The opportunity to be part of something big The opportunity to be part of something big as we set out to change the future food system.
- A supportive and collaborative environment
- Loads of room for growth and career development - with the opportunity to further shape your role as our company grows.
- Work alongside some of the world's leading science, food technology, fermentation and synthetic biology organisations and innovators
- The potential to participate in the Nourish Employee Share Option Plan.

**Maybe this role is not for you if**:

- You need a lot of direction or a roadmap to start a project.
- Don't enjoy the tactical and task-driven parts of the role.
- Prefer to have a role with specific focus - working in a fast-paced start-up you may need to wear many hats and get your hands dirty with tasks and projects outside of the traditional scope of this role.

**Here's how to apply**:
Send us your CV along with a brief cover letter telling us about why you're the person for the job and why you want to work for Nourish Ingredients.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of solving real-world problems and to add your mark to this new, delicious, and sustainable food system. Find out more about Nourish Ingredients here: