Dima Chehabeddine

Agri-food Consultant at The LEE Experience
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Contact Information
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Beirut Governorate, Lebanon, LB
Languages
  • Arabic Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • French Professional working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Small Agribusiness Development
    Maastricht School of Management
    Mar, 2023
    - Sep, 2024
  • HACCP (Food Safety) Auditor
    Royal Society for Public Health
    Jan, 2018
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

  • The LEE Experience
    • Lebanon
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Agri-food Consultant
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      •Conducting research & providing coaching and/ or consultancies and technical assistance on Agri-food projects for Agriculture & Agribusiness SMEs. •Contributing to writing and revising Agri food proposals for UN and UNIFIL. •Conducting research & providing coaching and/ or consultancies and technical assistance on Agri-food projects for Agriculture & Agribusiness SMEs. •Contributing to writing and revising Agri food proposals for UN and UNIFIL.

  • Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) Lebanon
    • Lebanon
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Assistant of the General Director
      • Apr 2020 - Present

      •Reports directly to the General Director and assists in daily duties, administrative tasks, coordinating with other ministries, national and international bodies, and embassies.•Conducts research on various projects in the field of Food Safety.•Observes and participated in administrative organizational meetings concerning defining Quality Control systems on all exported goods. •Assisted in organizing and developing a project proposal for JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) to help the SMEs working in the local Agri industries especially in the Chouf Area to achieve sustainable development by using the forest area. Show less

    • Assistant for the Head of Department in the Consumer Protection Directorate
      • Mar 2019 - Apr 2020

      •Prepare daily plans of inspection and work assignments for inspectors.•Created technical and statistical reports when needed for Consumer Protection Directorate.•Conducted day-to-day follow-up on inspectors’ reports and complaints investigation reports assuring quality performance.•Assisted in the cooperation between the municipalities, Lebanese State Security, and the Ministry to provide necessary inspectors.

    • Inspector at Consumer Protection Directorate
      • Aug 2010 - Mar 2019

      •Reported directly to Head of Department and conducted day-to-day field inspection, followed up on the appliance of food safety requirements, took samples from the market for consumer complaint investigation.•Contributed to a cooperation project between the Ministry of Economy and Trade and several municipalities (Municipality of Dbayeh, Jdaydeh, Borj Hamoud, Sin el fil, Hadat, Hazmyeh... Etc) concerning market surveillance, especially food safety inspection and control.•Contributed on demand in investigation and reported with RASSF system (Rapid Alert System) from EU countries.•Assigned and innovated several projects concerning consumer protection such as “Taahhod”: a corrective action for the establishment that needs to improve practices that affect the safety of their food.•Created, developed, and contributed with the EU and Qualeb (Quality Lebanon) to improve the system of inspection in the consumer protection directorate. •Created, developed, and implemented a project with SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and Swedac (Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment) about "Improving Food Sampling Procedures and Conformity Assessment in the Market" with a follow-up seminar in Rabat, Morocco.•Oversaw and processed a National Food Safety Awareness Campaign for kids.•Developed a "Guidance for Food Business Operators" for butchery stores to comply with the requirements provided by the consumer protection law, food safety law, and other regulations.•Contributed to writing ToR (Terms of Reference) to select experts to assign 4 guides for the MOET, and was responsible for implementing the "Guidance for Business Operator". Alongside mentoring and cooperating with the nominated expert till the end of the project.•Assisted in researching and declaring the decision that was issued by the Minister about "Mandatory requirements for the processing and handling of Shawarma". Show less

  • Freelance
    • Egypt
    • Human Resources
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Freelance Food Safety Trainer
      • Apr 2011 - Present

      Creating, designing, and conducting over 15 training sessions both onsite and online on Basics of Food Safety, Level 2 HACCP, Consumer Protection, and Strategic Management and Marketing for sustainable Local Industry Development. Creating, designing, and conducting over 15 training sessions both onsite and online on Basics of Food Safety, Level 2 HACCP, Consumer Protection, and Strategic Management and Marketing for sustainable Local Industry Development.

  • Begreen center Beirut, Lebanon, (An establishment for food and environmental health )
    • Founder and Trainer
      • Feb 2011 - Apr 2013

      •Conducted training sessions for University students on level 2 Food safety and HACCP. •Provided Food Safety consultancy for restaurants and food production companies. •Conducted training sessions for University students on level 2 Food safety and HACCP. •Provided Food Safety consultancy for restaurants and food production companies.

Education

  • Lebanese University
    Master's degree, Food Science and Technology

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