Тестировщик пищевых ароматизаторов (Part-time)

About us:

MANE is a 5th generation French family-owned business known for innovation and progress in the world of Flavors and Fragrance. As sensation enthusiasts, we strive to provide exceptional moments in people’s daily lives through the timeless flavors and fragrances we create. With our passion, creativity, and innovation, “We capture what moves.”

We currently have open positions available that offer candidates the opportunity to become a Professional Taste Tester! Join our esteemed panel to evaluate and describe sensory characteristics of various foods and beverages. Your keen senses will be honed through comprehensive training, enabling you to articulate detailed sensory experiences essential for research and development purposes. Your expertise will contribute to product development, marketing insights, and quality assurance, ensuring excellence across the board.

If hired, you will receive structured training over an 8-week period to become an expert taster, so no previous experience is necessary. 

Requirements:

• Completion of comprehensive descriptive panelist training
• Objective description and scoring of product characteristics
• Provide constructive feedback
• Maintain professionalism
• Enthusiastic about learning
• Detail-oriented
• Comfortable speaking in group settings
• Collaborative mindset
• Willingness to try new products
• Basic computer skills

How to apply:

• We will contact you via email in a couple of days to inform you whether or not you have met the application criteria.  If you meet the criteria, we will invite you to come to our facility for a sensory acuity evaluation on January 28th or 29th, where you will taste and smell various items typical in the day-to-day work as a panelist. At our facility, please refrain from wearing scented products (perfumes, lotions, or anything aromatic, etc.) while acting as a panelist. This can affect your perception and even others around you.
• If you successfully pass the acuity screening, we will invite you back to complete the final round of interviews during the first week of February. This will allow you to see what our current trained panel does during an active session as well as meet the current panelists.    

Additional Information:

• Employment Status: Part-time contract position without benefits.
• Time Requirement: Regular sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, with three weeks on and one week off each month.
• Pay: Starting at $18/hour with opportunities for bonuses and raises.

FAQs:

• Tax classification: Part-time, payrolled employee
• Pre-employment requirements: Background checks, drug tests, and interviews
• Benefits eligibility: No benefits provided
• Transportation: Not provided
• Dress code: Business casual
• Consumption: Some consumption may be required, but expectoration is allowed
• Computer usage: Ideal if computer literate for evaluations.