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 20 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.

We are looking for a Research Manager, to reinforce the International Consumer Research team on a full-time permanent contract in Paris.

Key areas of focus will be management of adhoc projects from the discussion with clients on the best approach answering their business, the management and coordination in autonomy or within national or international project team, analysis and creation of the report with recommendations to the presentation of final results.

Accounting:

• Good accounting knowledge in the accounts receivable and payable area with a high affinity for working with database systems.
• Control and approval of outgoing invoices, processing of outgoing invoices with special requirements, creation of purchase orders according to accounting requirements or according to the requirements of the project managers.
• Creation of reports and evaluations, e.g. sales for designated customers, control of bad depts
• Contact person for all questions about debtors and creditors, as well as the database systems for the project managers and the entire team.
• Exchange with and contact person for various group-wide accounting and balance sheet departments

Administrative HR activities, such as the creation/processing of

• Contracts
• Terminations
• Certificates
• Parental leave applications
• Certificates
• Maintenance of personnel files

• Maintenance of the time management system
• Works council hearings

Office Management

• Organization and management of company documents such as insurance policies, telephone contracts, rental agreements and utility bills, subscriptions, etc
• Creating and maintaining property, plant and equipment inventory
• Monthly vacation report to Eurofins
• Management support
• Travel expense accounting for management

Occupational safety

• Implementation of the requirements of the professional association, e.g. commissioning regular occupational health checks, electrical testing, fire protection training, etc.

Responsible for CO2 accounting

• Interest in environmental issues
• Responsible for data collection for the CO2 balance in accordance with group specifications
• Contact the Group Carbon Footprint Control Group
• Collecting and initiating savings ideas and opportunities on site

• Confident handling of MS Office, in particular PowerPoint and Excel.
• Excellent communication skills in German and English and French, both written and spoken
• Committed, organized and resilient
• Enthusiastic and proactive attitude
• Efficient, responsible, and has attention to detail