Product Observatory Specialist
Join Ferrero Innovation Center as a Product Observatory Specialist, where you’ll play a key role in sourcing, archiving, and analyzing Ferrero and other products across the Asian market. You’ll manage and organize sensory analysis sessions, ensure timely and efficient sourcing, handling, archiving and shipping of the products, and contribute to innovation by sharing insights with both local and central teams.
- Ensure timely and efficient sourcing, handling, archiving and shipping of most relevant Ferrero industrial products, in full alignment with the team
- Manage documentation and certifications, and guarantee all the necessary back-office and operative activities including required documents / certifications for product shipping, leveraging on Ferrero matter experts
- Organize and conduct tasting sessions using various sensory analysis methods
- Select and formalize local tasting panels, ensuring alignment with central methodologies
- Prepare and present reports summarizing findings for internal and central teams
- Develop and evaluate shelf life curves for tropical products, considering trade characteristics and consumer habits
- Evaluate External Partners involvement to simplify some activities or explore other geographies/states
- Coordinate product deliveries to and from the Innovation Center, oversee customs procedures and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Conduct store checks and new products scouting, presenting findings to local and central stakeholders and proposing most interesting and innovative local products that could inspire local and central developments
- University Degree in Food Technology or related field
- Knowledge of Asian food cultures and a proactive approach to innovative food products; sensory analysis experience is desirable
- Strong organizational skills for database management and archiving
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- No food allergies; must be able to taste raw materials and semi-finished products
- Physically able to handle packages/boxes (up to 4kg)
- Willingness to travel
- Fluent in English; knowledge of any other Asian language is a plus
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Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
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