Are you a Food Science graduate with high level sensory skills? Are you experienced within the area of Product Development?

Then Mars Drinks has the career for you!

Created in 1955, Mars Drinks is the drinks division of Mars Inc, a global company with a $18 billion turnover in food, drinks, confectionery, and petfood. Mars Inc aims to be the global leader in all of its activities. In keeping with this philosophy, Mars Drinks is a market leader in drinks vending systems in its markets, namely UK, France, Germany, USA and Japan. A $355 million business, Mars Drinks produces over one billion drinks per year with its two brands: FLAVIA® single portion fresh beverages; and KLIX®, in-cup beverages

Opportunities in Mars Drinks
As we are a growing business, we have recently created a many new roles and as a result have a number of entry level to management opportunities across our Product Development teams.

For information on our vacancies please visit our careers site, mars.com/careers, and search by location, Basingstoke for more details.
Sensory Scientist
MARS Drinks Basingstoke
£26,000 - £32,000

Job Summary
This is a highly visible and accountable role within Mars Drinks. Not only will you be tasked with developing Mars Drinks product tasting capabilities and the expertise in sensory science internally but to also improve the understanding of consumer sensorial preferences for the following:

• Coffee & tea experience
  
• hot drinks vending systems

What have you got to offer Mars?

• Degree Qualified in Food Science or relevant qualification
  
• Excellent sensory skills (especially tasting) with strong track record of sensory assessment
  
• Strong experience in running sensory tests with consumers in an fmcg environment
  
• Proven understanding of sensory science
  
• Experience in training others
  
• Attention to detail with strong analytical and problem solving skills
  
• The ability to act quickly and efficiently, yet with strong planning and organisational skills
  
• A great teamworker with excellent communication and presentation skills
  
• Need to display curiosity and passion for drinks and/or food
  
• The ability to travel globally
  
• Work Permit for the UK
  
• Valid driving license

We offer:

• Competitive salary
  
• Excellent training and development programmes
  
• Full private healthcare
  
• Life assurance
  
• Bonus scheme related to personal and company performance
  
• Attractive pension scheme
  
• Free gym on-site
  
• Subsidised canteen on-site
  
• 23 days holiday increasing with service (plus statutory bank holidays)

We value a diverse work environment and encourage qualified individuals to apply.

Interested?
Then please apply online attaching your CV. If this role does not meet your requirements, then please visit our careers website, mars.com/careers as search by location, Basingstoke, for details of other opportunities within Mars Drinks.

No agencies please.