Assistant Nutrition & Sensory Manager
Lowestoft, Suffolk (3 days a week in office)
Competitive salary, bonus and other benefits
We have an excellent opportunity to join our Nutrition and Sensory Science team in our Research, Development and Quality (RDQ) office in Lowestoft. At Nomad Foods, our purpose is to make mealtimes better with the goodness of frozen food. We're an industry leader in health and nutrition, and sensory science is at the heart of how we ensure our products taste great and meet consumer expectations. As Assistant Nutrition & Sensory Manager you'll both support the implementation and delivery of our Health and Nutrition strategy and approach, business partnering to apply nutrition expertise across Nomad Foods, as well as supporting the delivery of our Sensory Science programme to ensure our products deliver superior sensory experiences that consumers love. This role will help to shape the future of frozen food.
About the role:
* Contributing to the delivery of nutrition strategy, work programme & external commitments:
As part of our Group Nutrition team, ensures implementation of strategy, policies, approach and work programme to deliver external commitments.
* Cluster and Segment team's health & nutrition expert consultant:
Builds & maintains strong relationships with colleagues in RDQ & other functions (marketing, insights, category & sales teams, etc.) in assigned Cluster(s) and Segment(s), acting as an expert health and nutrition consultant.
* Contributing to ongoing nutrition horizon scanning:
Anticipates, monitors and escalates to team members all relevant nutrition-related science, consumer trends, needs and concerns, and regulatory changes.
* Contributing to the delivery of Superiority and Competitor Sensory Monitoring programmes:
Translate results into actionable insights for product development and marketing, ensuring alignment with nutrition and ingredient selection policies.
* Cluster and Segment team's Sensory expert consultant:
Builds & maintains strong relationships with colleagues in RDQ & other functions (marketing, insights, etc.) in assigned Cluster(s) and Segment(s). Championing internal & external sensory testing as a key input into product strategy, maintaining scientific rigor and robustness, and supporting in sensory claims development.
* Contributing to Sensory Academy and broader sensory training initiatives:
Trains internal teams on sensory best practices and methodologies.
About you:
This role requires a self-driven and collaborative individual, with keen attention to detail and a passion for tasty and healthy food. Someone who is organised and can navigate and thrive in a fast-paced, complex pan-European company and environment. This person needs to be able to communicate with impact, developing strong and effective working relationships at pace. Some of the key requirements for this role can be found below:
* Accredited BSc Nutrition /Nutrition & Food Science /Nutrition and Consumer Science degree
* Association for Nutrition registration (ANutr or RNutr)
* Minimum 3 years' experience in the food industry (FMCG preferred), with cross-functional collaboration.
* Nutrition subject matter expertise, with ongoing commitment to continued professional development.
* External nutrition policy, national guidance and claims regulations awareness
* Strong understanding of sensory testing methodologies.
* Experience with sensory data statistical analysis and consumer insights integration
* Fluent in English; additional European language skills (e.g., German, Italian, or French) are advantageous but not essential
* Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills.
What we can offer you:
We offer a truly purpose-led career and aim to empower each employee; promoting their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future. We set a culture where colleagues are part of a team and feel encouraged to make a difference. There is also potential to progress careers across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group
Who are we:
Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €3.2 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe's leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded only ten years ago, and are built around a number of iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and accessibility. Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose - Making Mealtimes Better with the Goodness of Frozen Food - and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.
At Nomad Foods we're proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.