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Be a part of a revolutionary change!

 

At PMI, we-ve chosen to do something incredible. We-re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose - to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you-ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

 

Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you-ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI-s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges - in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning.

Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday and we-ll give you lots of responsibility. You-ll help us improve, inject innovation and create new ways of working. You-ll be solving supply chain problems that span the whole world: a smoke-free world.

 

For our CC Product Development team in Neuchatel, Switzerland, we are looking for a (Sr.) Sensory Evaluation Engineer who will plan, manage, develop and implement sensory evaluation, consumer tests and projects to guide and support PMI Combustible Business.

 

You will:

 

* Manage internal as well as external sensory and consumer panels by:

* * Defining, planning and coordinating sensory evaluation/training sessions by providing clear instructions to panel leader.
* Building and maintain efficient collaboration with internal customers to ensure timely and accurate delivery of sensory results.
* Analyzing potential sensory evaluation issues, recommend and support implementation of appropriate corrective actions to ensure high quality of sensory evaluation results and high performing panel.

* Collaborate with internal customers to establish products' requirements / sensory objectives and define and implement appropriate sensory tests/projects.
* Develop and implement appropriate sensory evaluation methodologies across affiliates to support product deployment considering timelines, available resources and priorities.
* Build efficient collaboration with affiliates as well as central functions to align sensory methodologies and ensure high quality results across affiliates.
* Analyze, review, interpret, report and communicate sensory results to support the product lifecycle and quality, and prepare and present clear recommendations for further products' improvement.
* Generate sensory evaluation reports in compliance with scientific excellence and good documentation procedures, maintaining data integrity and data traceability.
* Carry out all sensory activities according to the defined procedures and ensure that PMI Compliance Policies, standards, and laws relating to these activities are fully respected, integrated and understood by partners.
* Collaborate with internal partners to review, maintain and complement - if needed - relevant QMS documents in the frame of Sensory Evaluation activities.

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We-re looking for someone with:

 

* Minimum a bachelor-s degree, preferably, a background in sensory science
* Experience of 2-5 years in sensory science or blending in combustible category
* Experience in product quality assurance would be a strong advantage
* Expertise on various sensory evaluation techniques and preferably on applied statistics
* Knowledge of statistical software (Xlstat)
* Excellent communication skills and good ability to work in a team
* MS office tools
* Fluency in English
* Collaboration, agility and entrepreneurship

 

What we offer

 

Our success depends on our talented employees who come to work here every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

 

* Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We-ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
* Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone-s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world-s best people and feel like you belong.
* Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business - our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
* Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future.

 

To join our growing team-.