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Job Title: Senior Scientist – Consumer Insights (Skin Cleansing)
Location 40 Merritt Blvd, Trumbull, CT 06611, United States Of America Regular Req ID: R-05611
Background & Purpose of the Job
Unilever Food Science Job
Consumer Technical Insight (CTI) is the R&D function responsible for consumer insights and claims. We are seeking a passionate, curious, detail-oriented Senior Scientist to join our Global Skin Care CTI group as part of our Trumbull based team. In this core R&D function, you will help define and deliver key consumer insights, robust sensory and consumer testing, and substantiation/defence of big impact, consumer-relevant product claims as a part of the Unilever >5 Billion Euro-Global Skin Cleansing Business. You will work in a multi-disciplinary R&D design team, and be the critical link between the Global R&D, Legal, Brand Development, Consumer Market Insight (CMI), and Regional CTI/Claims teams.
Who You Are & What You’ll Do
Unilever Food Science Job
This individual is the workstream leader for all aspects of CTI for your defined projects.
- Partner closely with brand marketing, Consumer & Market Insight (CMi) and the development team to define and develop the consumer testing program.
- Develop robust strategies to support product claims, and competitive challenges in/out; prepare to claim support dossier detailing strategy and support
- Unilever Food Science Job Manage execution of relevant consumer, sensory or claims testing; interpret results, identify key insights, and cascade same
- Lead cross-functional discussions on claim development, review, and modification, helping to recraft as appropriate.
- Create or co-create KBS (knowledge-based selling) demos and other activation tools
Participate in the Global Skin Cleansing Strategic understanding plan/program and/or - Digital R&D initiatives to accelerate on-trend, cost-efficient innovation
- Apply new methods, advanced sensory methods, and/or novel statistical approaches to draw out relevant insights and data trends.
- Key Interfaces include Development, Legal, Regulatory, Clinical, Global Brand, Consumer Market Research, and Regional / Country CTI/Claims partners
- Unilever Food Science Job
- You’re a born leader: You will deliver assigned projects under minimal supervision. You will provide leadership across a network of regional claim partners, cascading claims and strategies, soliciting input into the global program, influencing final alignment.
- You’re a strategy guru: You will develop or help develop and execute pragmatic support strategies and testing plans against claims and consumer learning objectives, leveraging published literature, existing data, and bespoke testing. You will construct, document and communicate fact/data/science-based arguments in support of claims, and align same across legal, regulatory, and regional claim partners.
- You’re a dot connector: You are naturally curious about products, consumers, and data. You identify insights that will drive new product & pack opportunities for global projects, based on analysis of trends, consumer needs, and understanding of technology performance, and new technology impact on consumers (partnering with CMI where relevant).
- You love to win and have fun doing it: You directly contribute to brand growth through co-creation of knowledge-based selling assets (demos) for activation. You also may participate, coordinate, co-lead, or sometimes lead creative claim and demo workshops and co-creation sessions resulting in stretching, compelling, competitive claims and longer-term innovation roadmaps. You will immerse yourself in the consumer experience, understanding the what, why, how of a broad range of products and prototypes.
Eligibility for Unilever Food Science Job
- BS required in Food Science, Nutrition, Sensory Science, Chemistry, Marketing/Market Research, or related scientific discipline. Masters degree preferred.
- 3+ years of R&D experience in consumer research, claims review, or similar function
- Ability to understand technical literature, sensory, consumer, and clinical test data and integrate as supporting claim evidence or in support of formula recommendations.
- Independently manage projects and time, with strong attention to detail
- Demonstrate strong reasoning and communication skills
- Have Basic Statistical knowledge, with modelling/advanced stats expertise an advantage
- Marketing experience in digital communications is an advantage
