Research Associate- Consumer & Sensory Sciences

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Please mail us your CV ASAP and provide required (mandatory) details:

1). Present Salary: -
2). Expected Salary: -
3). Current Location: -
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Currently we are Looking out Professionals for Our Prestigious Client

Client Name: - ITC Life Sciences & Technology Centre-Bangalore

Role Title: -Research Associate-Consumer & Sensory Sciences
Location: -CIC, ITC, Banaswadi & Peenya Bangalore
Age:24y to 35y

About Client: -

ITC Limited is  a major Indian conglomerate with diversified businesses in FMCG (foods, personal care, cigarettes, stationery), Hotels, Paperboards & Packaging, Agri Business, and Information Technology , known for brands like Aashirvaad, Bingo!, and Classmate, and its strong focus on sustainability and farmer partnerships.  Originally Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited, it's now a leading private sector firm, recognized for creating value across its wide portfolio, with significant revenue from tobacco but expanding rapidly in other sectors.  

Responsibilities :-

• Product efficacy and sensory assessments and result communication as per the set schedules.

• Work independently and in teams to enable timely decisions on assigned projects.

• Actively engage with Consumers to draw insights on products and consumer behavior and preferences.

• Operate and maintain advanced Instruments to measure Skin and Hair attributes.

• Ensure documentation thoroughness of all the assigned projects.

• Participate in ideation and troubleshooting activities within the group.

• Assist in product claim substantiation through Panel / Consumer studies, product efficacy demonstrations etc.

Work Experience:-

·         Atleast 3-4 years of experience in Personal Care and Home Care product evaluations, Basic appreciation of Statistics.

·         Atleast 3-4 years of experience in conducting Clinical Trials / Consumer research of Personal Care and Home Care product evaluations, Data Analysis, QA, Report Making etc.

Knowledge :-

An above average understanding of Skin and Hair Biology and basic methods in evaluating product efficacies in Personal Care and Home Care domain. Fair working knowledge on: Personal Care and Home Care products and Assessment methods. MS Excel, MS Word, Powerpoint, Statistics.

Skills :-

·         Self-Drive

·         Strong, Clear and Open Communication Skills

·         Sound Analytical Mindset

·         Inclination to learn and operate advanced instruments

·         research methodology employed in product efficacy assessments and understanding consumer behavior.

Personal Qualities :

                                      Work Style & Values

  Decision Making & Judgment

1. Experimental design, result presentation/ communication, Experiment continuity would involve judgement and critical decisions based on consensus with Team Lead.

2. Decisions generally need to be made on the basis of experiential and occasionally on intuitive judgement.

Flexibility

1. Ability to multitask and Speed of action to aid meet coinciding timelines of multiple projects running in parallel.

2. Willingness to travel inter and intra-city for work.

Emotional Stability & Maturity

1. Communication skills to aid elicit appropriate response from Consumers and also manage stakeholders expectations.

2. High self motivation and research integrity.

Intellectual Capacity & effectiveness

1. New method development, Standardization, Implementation, Developing product efficacy demos.

2. Ability to learn new methods, instruments and flexibility to adopt to situations.

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Shakira Shaik