This position is responsible for leading the sensory program which includes coordinating and scheduling internal taste tests, determining the appropriate sensory tests, maintaining the test kitchen, organizing samples and benchmarks, setting up/cleaning up all sensory taste panels, collecting and summarizing test results/data into an organized report, and providing feedback to panel participants, technical management and, jointly with the project managers, back to the suppliers. The Associate Manger of Technical Product Development will work closely with technical management to support product development technical processes, projects, and team members to ensure desired product specifications and consumer experience are achieved for GNC's private branded products.