Sensory Specialist

The Sensory Specialist will ensure the highest quality and consistency of the Daisy Brand's products through expert sensory evaluation. This involves overseeing the product grading program across all our production facilities to maintain flavor and texture standards ensuring that products meet consumer expectations. In addition, this individual will support the Product Manager in other project activities as needed. The Sensory Specialist reports to the Product Manager and works with others in Research, Product Development, and Quality.

Principal Duties:

• Prepare sensory training and calibration samples for Product Grading Program
• Assist with training, calibrating and managing the Product Grading Program
• Evaluate different food products and ingredients to understand their sensory properties
• Conduct internal sensory tests (product profiling, discrimination tests, and acceptance tests) as needed for projects guided by the sensory scientist or manager
• Analyze data using statistical tools in up-to-date sensory and consumer evaluation techniques and relevant statistical analysis protocols using computer software, especially XLSTAT
• Perform other duties as needed

Schedule and Travel:

Occasional travel is expected.

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in food science, dairy science or a related discipline is required
• 1-3 years of relevant industry experience
• Detail-oriented

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability and willingness to taste all types of food and beverage
• Good communication, interpersonal, and time management skills
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office software (Excel and PowerPoint)
• Familiar with survey (SurveyMonkey, Compusense, Qualtrics, etc) and statistical software (JMP, XLSTAT, etc) preferred
• Ability to work as a team member and independently

For five generations spanning over a century, Daisy Brand has been a family-owned company committed to providing the freshest, most wholesome dairy products. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with manufacturing facilities in Garland, Texas (1998), Casa Grande, Arizona (2008), and Wooster, Ohio (2015).

Daisy is the market leader in two billion-dollar categories, sour cream and cottage cheese, and generates over half a billion in revenues annually. Daisy Sour Cream represents 1 out of every 2 sour cream purchases in the United States and is the largest sour cream brand in food service, military, and club. It is recognized by consumers for A Dollop of Daisy, a tagline that put this once small brand on the map. Daisy Cottage Cheese is Americas #1 cottage cheese brand and continues to bring new consumers into the category with its innovative single serve packaging and consistent high quality. Daisy recently expanded into a new category with the launch of two dip products and is in the process of expanding distribution.

Daisy's core values, Clean and Trust, resonate in all aspects of our business operations. In 2008, the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals awarded Daisy the prestigious American Business Ethics award.

While maintaining a strong culture of curious and innovative problem-solvers, Daisy Brand has more than doubled employment over the last 15 years and is continuing to grow. Currently, we are proud to employ over 650 full-time staff across more than 25 states throughout the United States.

At Daisy Brand, we value longevity and aim to foster a working environment where employees can envision a long-term career. Companywide, the average employee tenure stands at over seven years. Our corporate office and sales team each boast an average tenure exceeding eleven years, while our manufacturing facilities also demonstrate strong employee retention with tenures averaging over seven years.

Daisy Brand offers an industry leading benefits package that includes:

• A no-deductible, $0 premium option for employee-only health coverage.
• 401(k) with 50% company match on first 8% of earnings you contribute.
• Safe harbor and profit-sharing company contributions to 401(k).
• Company paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Company paid 2X annual salary life and AD&D insurance.
• 4 weeks annual paid time off.
• 20 floating holiday hours and 6 company paid holidays.
• Extra time off for volunteering.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Fitness membership reimbursement.
• And more

Daisy Brand is a nicotine-free company. Daisy Brand is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and disabled encouraged to apply.