Senior Research Executive

About SAM

We are the leading international sensory and consumer research company specializing in food, beverages, cosmetics, personal care, and other consumer products. We have 20 proprietary state-of the-art facilities across France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Morocco, China and the USA, and cover more than 65 countries through our network of approved partners.

SAM provides tailor-made solutions, delivering actionable guidelines to make our clients’ brands and products memorable.

SAM is a great place to work.

Join SAM to work with the most competent, creative, and fun team in the industry and let your work, opinions and ideas contribute to the future of sensory and consumer research.

Become your most extraordinary self with support and development throughout your career.

Best in class

Join our very diverse team of sensory scientists, food technologists, statisticians, psychologists, sociologists, strategic thinkers, marketeers, field managers, technicians and other sensory and research experienced colleagues.

We're proud to be part of the Eurofins Group

World-leader in Testing for Life. With about 61 000 employees, Eurofins is a global leader in testing services and over the last 20 years has been one of the fastest growing companies in the world, thanks to its innovation in technology and service.

Your responsibilities:

Reporting to a Senior Research Manager or an Associate Research Director or a Research Director, a Senior Research Executive executes projects with limited supervision & more autonomy.

Project:

• End to end project management and coordination:
• End to end project support: project set up and planning, screener & questionnaire creation, data interpretation and story-led reporting.
• Supervision of fieldwork (in specified region and internationally)

People:

• Working as a key member of a small team, supporting on all project elements
• Close collaboration with the field team and international fieldwork partners
• Work closely with other members of our sensory and research team and the Data Solutions Hub

Company:

• Input into internal projects, contribute with your opinions and ideas to the growth of the company

• Minimum 2 years in the industry  
• Ideally some FMCG product testing experience or experience in quantitative consumer research methodologies
• Significant experience in a Research Executive role
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
• Rigorous, responsive and proactive