The Sensory Panel Leader is responsible for coordinating, training, and overseeing sensory panels to ensure the accurate and consistent collection of sensory data for product evaluation. This role plays a critical part in maintaining data integrity, ensuring panellist performance, and delivering actionable insights to support product development, quality assurance, and consumer research.
Key Responsibilities:
Panel Management:
- Recruit and train sensory panellists
- Lead daily panel sessions, ensuring protocols are followed and data is collected accurately
- Monitor and coach panellists to maintain consistency, reliability, and performance.
- Deliver refresher training to existing panellists
- Monitor panel performance monthly
- Foster a positive, focused, and productive panel environment.
- Maintain up-to-date training records and proficiency tracking.
- Ensure correct sample preparation, presentation, and environmental controls.
- Operate sensory software and tools (Fizz Acquisition and EyeQuestion)
- Ensure accurate input and organization of sensory data.
- Maintain testing facilities, equipment, and cleanliness according to SOPs.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of sensory protocols and documentation.
- Ensure ethical and unbiased testing environments.