Vacancy

• Are you a strategic thinker with strong commercial instincts?
• Passionate about leading teams and driving client success?
• Ready to shape high‑impact research across multiple categories?
• Do you want to develop your career in an international company with a multicultural environment working with the biggest local and global organizations in FMCG?

If so, SAM has the right opportunity for you!

We are the leading international sensory and consumer research company specializing in food, beverages, cosmetics, personal care, and other consumer products. We have 19 proprietary state-of-the-art facilities across France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Morocco, China and the USA, and cover more than 65 countries through our network of approved partners.

SAM provides tailor-made solutions, delivering actionable guidelines to make our clients’ brands and products memorable.

SAM is a great place to work.

Join SAM to work with the most competent, creative, and fun team in the industry and let your work, opinions and ideas contribute to the future of sensory and consumer research.

Become your most extraordinary self with support and development throughout your career.

Best in class

Join our very diverse team of sensory scientists, food technologists, statisticians, psychologists, sociologists, strategic thinkers, marketeers, field managers, technicians and other sensory and research experienced colleagues.

We're proud to be part of the Eurofins Group

World-leader in Testing for Life. With about 61 000 employees, Eurofins is a global leader in testing services and over the last 20 years has been one of the fastest growing companies in the world, thanks to its innovation in technology and service.

Your responsibilities:

Reporting to a Research Director, an Associate Research Director oversees various accounts and multiple projects and brings technical expertise to the research team, while developing a team of Research Managers. 

• Responsible for a few accounts in the cluster and the business development
• Lead the development of complex proposals and tenders
• Actively supervise Research Managers across projects
• Bring technical expertise and ensure the use of best‑practice methodologies
• Manage workload allocation and resource planning for the team
• Ensure Research Managers receive appropriate coaching and training
• Oversee timely, accurate, and high‑quality project delivery
• Provide strategic recommendations based on client feedback, market trends, and project performance
• Ensure project execution aligns with client objectives and broader business priorities
• Ensure revenue targets for assigned accounts are achieved
• Develop proactive plans to address risks and capitalize on opportunities within accounts
• Manage a minimum of two Research Managers
• Mentor team members in research skills, leadership, and career development
• Ensure outputs from team members meet the expected standards of quality and insight

Your profile:

• Minimum 3 years in market research and/or sensory research 
• Knowledge of food and/or cosmetic products, quantitative consumer research methodologies, sensory methodologies and statistics 
• Significant experience in a Research manager role at SAM or in other companies 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and the local language 
• Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc 
• Strong leadership abilities to manage teams and oversee large-scale research initiatives 
• Good organisational and problem-solving skills 
• Rigorous, responsive and proactive 

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