sensory scientist
- Dr Reddys
- 5 - 10 years
- Hyderabad
- 1 month ago
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Job Description
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Education: Masters degree (MS/MSc) in Food Technology, Food Science, or related fields.
- Experience: Proven experience in sensory evaluation, preferably in the FMCG or nutraceutical industry.
- Technical Skills: Knowledge of ingredients, flavor profiles, and manufacturing processes (e.g., spray drying, dry mixing).
- Soft Skills: Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (production, formulation, marketing).
The role is heavily focused on ensuring products meet consumer preferences regarding taste, texture, and aroma.
Key Responsibilities
- Sensory Evaluation & Development:
- Lead and execute endtoend sensory evaluation activitiesincluding detailed assessments of flavor, aroma, mouthfeel, texture, appearance, and aftertasteto support new product development (NPD), reformulation, and formula optimization. Develop sensory strategies that derisk product launches by identifying offnotes, stabilityrelated changes, masking opportunities, and flavormatrix interactions across nutraceutical dosage forms. Provide expert guidance to formulators on sensory drivers and improvement pathways.
- Prototype Testing:
- Design, develop, and evaluate product prototypes through structured sensory panels and iterative testing cycles. Standardize preparation protocols, serving conditions, and evaluation criteria to ensure reproducible data. Translate sensory feedback into clear reformulation recommendations, collaborating with Product Development, flavor houses, and internal sensory panels to refine sweetness balance, bitterness blocking, flavor delivery, texture alignment, and overall product acceptability.
- Analytical Support:
- Partner with the formulation and analytical development teams to conduct shelflife sensory studies, including realtime and accelerated conditions. Evaluate sensory stability trends (oxidation, flavor fade, texture changes, hygroscopicity, offnote generation) and contribute to defining sensory endpoints for shelflife claims. Integrate sensory data with instrumental results (moisture/aw, volatiles, texture, particle size, color) to help predict product behavior and establish robust product specifications.
- Panel Management:
- Recruit, screen, and train internal descriptive panels; qualify external agencies as needed.
- Maintain panel performance KPIs (repeatability, discrimination power, consensus) and run refresher training/calibrations.
- Execute benchtoplant sensory (pilot and commercial lots), including first production and CIP/ QIP projects.
- Consumer Insights:
- Interpret data from consumer tests to derive meaningful insights into consumer liking, drivers of preference, unmet needs, and sensory risks. Translate findings into actionable guidance for R&D, Marketing, and Qualityenabling stronger productconsumer alignment and evidencebased decisionmaking throughout the innovation pipeline.
- Regulatory Compliance:
- Ensure that all sensory evaluation activities, claimsupport requirements, and product testing protocols comply with FSSAI, BIS, Codex, and relevant international standards for nutraceuticals and functional foods. Maintain awareness of global sensoryrelated regulations for label claims.
- Documentation & Reporting:
- Maintain precise documentation of sensory protocols, data, panel performance, shelflife results, formulation history, and experiment conclusions. Generate highquality technical reports, stability summaries, statistical analyses, and sensory risk assessments. Present findings to crossfunctional teams with clarity and scientific rigor, supporting decisionmaking at each stage of product development.
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Job Classification
Industry: Pharmaceutical & Life SciencesFunctional Area / Department: Research & DevelopmentRole Category: Pharmaceutical & BiotechnologyRole: Formulation ScientistEmployement Type: FreshersContact Details:
Company: Dr ReddysLocation(s): Hyderabad+ View Contact
Keyskills: analytical shelflife claims sensory risk assessments. sensory evaluation collaboration sensory protocols Prototype Testing product testing protocols Consumer Insights shelflife sensory studies Sensory Evaluation & Development
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