Key Responsibilities
1. Sensory Evaluation
- Develop, manage, and maintain the company's sensory program for dairy products
- Design sensory tests such as: Triangle test, Descriptive profiling, Hedonic
- Train, screen, and manage internal sensory panels
- Establish sensory attributes, lexicons, and scoring guidelines for each product category
- Conduct routine sensory evaluations for: production release, Shelf-life studies, reformulated products, Supplier ingredient changes
- Analyze sensory data and reports
2. Application & Product Development Support
- Conduct application trials for dairy products in different end uses
- Evaluate the performance of raw materials in applications.
- Support product development specialist in prototyping, reformulation, and troubleshooting product or process issues.
- Validate product performance after process changes
- Recommend improvements in texture, flavor, stability, and overall sensory experience
3. Quality & Process Improvement
- Collaborate with QA to establish sensory acceptance criteria for finished products.
- Participate in investigations such as customer complaints by providing sensory analysis.
- Monitor sensory trends in production batches; identify abnormal flavor notes
- Support shelf-life determination and verification studies.
- Contribute to continuous improvement projects for product quality consistency.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in food science, Dairy Technology, Nutrition, or related field.
- Sensory Science certification is an advantage.
- Minimum 2 years in sensory analysis, R&D, QA, or application work within dairy or food manufacturing.
- Experience in dairy products is preferred.
- Strong sensory acuity and ability to detect subtle flavor/texture differences.
- Knowledge of dairy chemistry, microbiology, and processing.
- Familiarity with sensory software is a plus.
- Good understanding of statistical analysis for sensory data.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to lead panels and provide structured feedback.
- Willing to be placed in Malang.
