Strategic CTI Leader EU
Mars
Date: 10 hours ago
City: Slough
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
Strategic CTI (Consumer Technical Insights) Leader EU
Location: Slough/ Paddington, United Kingdom
Salary: £62,500 - £76,000, annual bonus, car allowance, benefits
Shape the Future of Snacks & Treats – Join Us as a Lead Sensory Innovation Scientist
We’re seeking a Strategic CTI Leader to join our Consumer Technical Insights team and help transform consumer insights into unforgettable product experiences. In this role, you’ll sit at the intersection of R&D, Marketing, and Innovation, ensuring that every product—whether gum, fruity treats, chocolates, or iconic brands like Bounty, Milky Way, Maltesers, and our regional specialties—delivers consistent high-quality experience to consumers across EMEA.
The Strategic CTI Leader is a trusted partner to cross functional partners, ensuring products are created and manufactured consistently, while embracing new ideas and market-driven innovations. With deep expertise in Sensory science, Consumer Insights and the FMCG/snacks industry, you will guide the translation of data into insights that lead to meaningful, consumer-centric solutions that shape the future of our categories.
Why Join Us?
Strategic CTI (Consumer Technical Insights) Leader EU
Location: Slough/ Paddington, United Kingdom
Salary: £62,500 - £76,000, annual bonus, car allowance, benefits
Shape the Future of Snacks & Treats – Join Us as a Lead Sensory Innovation Scientist
We’re seeking a Strategic CTI Leader to join our Consumer Technical Insights team and help transform consumer insights into unforgettable product experiences. In this role, you’ll sit at the intersection of R&D, Marketing, and Innovation, ensuring that every product—whether gum, fruity treats, chocolates, or iconic brands like Bounty, Milky Way, Maltesers, and our regional specialties—delivers consistent high-quality experience to consumers across EMEA.
The Strategic CTI Leader is a trusted partner to cross functional partners, ensuring products are created and manufactured consistently, while embracing new ideas and market-driven innovations. With deep expertise in Sensory science, Consumer Insights and the FMCG/snacks industry, you will guide the translation of data into insights that lead to meaningful, consumer-centric solutions that shape the future of our categories.
Why Join Us?
- Make an impact: Translate sensory and consumer insights into product, packaging, and brand innovation.
- Be a connector: Partner closely with R&D, Product Developers, Marketing both Global and Regional teams to deliver to immediate project needs while also influencing strategy and shaping the future of snacks & treats.
- Be a problem solver and catalyst: Apply innovative/advanced research methodologies to get unstuck and uncover opportunities that take us faster to compelling product stories.
- Design, lead, and analyze sensory and consumer research to deliver actionable insights, decisional and diagnostic.
- Partner with product developers to ensure consistent delivery of high quality experience while enabling innovation, cost optimization, regulatory challenges etc.
- Guide claims development and validation to support story telling and product superiority.
- Anticipate consumer trends, cultural shifts, and market needs across EU to inspire future innovation.
- Mentor and coach colleagues, building sensory and consumer centric mindset and capabilities across the business.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Psychology, Statistics, or related field (Master’s preferred), or equivalent experience.
- Industry expertise: Proven background in the FMCG (ideally food/snacks) industry with strong sensory science and consumer research experience.
- Technical skills: Solid scientific expertise, advanced data analysis, and ability to translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Leadership/Strategic Influencing: Strong communication and storytelling skills to engage and inspire cross-functional partners agnostic of level.
- Mindset: Creative problem-solver, adaptable, nimble, someone who thrives in ambiguity and is not afraid of bringing a clear POV (even if it is not great news).
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
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