Panel Leader R&D Sensory Cocoa

Job Location: Hershey, PA

Role Overview:

The Sensory Panel Leader R&D Sensory Cocoa supports the Cocoa Science panel requirements, creating/managing daily professional panel test schedule, leading the descriptive panel through the daily schedule, driving panel consensus, elevating panel and/or attribute issues, analyzing and reporting commodity results, managing and reporting consensus profiling projects, supporting lexicon development and reference verification, and managing "out-of" shelf life temporary extension requests.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead panel through daily schedule, drive panel consensus on product descriptions, elevate panel and/or attribute issues to supervisor. Support panel scheduling.
2. Manage and report consensus profiling projects
3. Support commodity approval process via sample login, control selection, data analysis and reporting (e-mail, WORD documents and LIMS).
4. Professional Panel Lexicon development and reference verification.
5. Manage out-of Shelf Life temporary extension requests.

Qualifications:

• Experienced Facilitiator with Proven ability to lead group discussions and to reach consensus
• Excellent tasting skills (ability to discern differences in samples for appearance, taste, texture)
• Computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Ability to prioritize efficiently the work with limited supervision
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Knowledge of Sensory and Product Design methodology; proficient at report writing.

Experience & Education:

• High School diploma or GED. Associates or Bachelor's degree in Science preferred
• Minimum 5-7 years of applicable work experience with Sensory testing as a trained sensory panelist.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.