سارة كنعان, Market Nutritionist

سارة كنعان

Market Nutritionist

Nestle

البلد
لبنان - بيروت
التعليم
دبلوم, HACCP implementation in manufacturing
الخبرات
17 years, 1 أشهر

مشاركة سيرتي الذاتية

حظر المستخدم


الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :17 years, 1 أشهر

Market Nutritionist في Nestle
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ سبتمبر 2013

• Drive mindset change around company's nutrition, health and wellness leadership vision and mobilize market resources around NHW projects, initiatives, activities.
• Ensure the evolution of portfolio via tastier and healthier products in the market and create the story for nutrition, health and wellness benefits of each brand.
• Represent Nestlé at scientific based national and international nutrition and health platforms
• Influencing local authorities in cooperation with regulatory teams via scientific documents and cooperations to adress business needs.
• Production of Nestlé Good Food, Good Life TV shows targeting consumers at highest rated national channel and responsible for the management of digital and social media platforms for corporate brand and content generation for sub-brands.

Specialist clinical dietitian في Dubai Health Authority (DHA)
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أغسطس 2011 إلى سبتمبر 2013

Dubai Diabetes Center

Full time instructor في American University of Beirut
  • لبنان - بيروت
  • يناير 2011 إلى سبتمبر 2011

• Teaching nutrition courses including laboratory sections and giving seminars
• Improving the established nutrition internship program at hospitals in coordination with team members.

Project manager-Health expert في Axein Telecom
  • لبنان - بيروت
  • يوليو 2010 إلى ديسمبر 2010

•Develop, conceptualize and deliver innovative and credible Value Added Services (health related) to mobile network operators in the MENA region.
•Conduct a primary and secondary research on the Middle Eastern health environment, identifying market segmentation and new market trends
•Conceptualize high-level project design, develop product content, evaluate and follow up on project phases

Clinical dietitian (Sports Nutritionist) في Nautilus Plus Gym
  • كندا
  • أكتوبر 2008 إلى مايو 2010

• Assess and analyse dietary practices, body composition and energy balance of clients with an emphasis on muscle
building or weight loss.
• Develop and deliver presentations and workshops on various nutrition topics for better health and performance.

Head of Provincial Programs - Nutrition education (Early Childhood) في Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • كندا
  • أبريل 2009 إلى مايو 2010

• Plan, coordinate, develop and implement nutrition education programs and resources intended for early childhood in Quebec as well as Ontario and the Maritimes.
• Supervise the daily work of contractual dietitians as well as project managers.
• Educate health professionals about the nutrition of preschoolers and collaborate actively in the development of
educational resources for those working in the early childhood field to help them promote healthy eating habits
among preschoolers.
• Deliver nutrition education workshops for the caregivers in early childhood.
• Evaluate the usefulness, efficacy and relevance of the existing educational programs, teaching tools, resources and all other initiatives done by Dairy Farmers of Canada aiming the health professionals, caregivers and the public in order to improve the future material developed and meet their needs more closely.
• Act as a key reference, edit and update the information available on the website www.educationnutrition.org in respect to the early childhood education sector.
• In charge of the budgeting of the material developed and the management of the remaining inventory.
• Organize and participate in seminars and events in the early childhood field.
• Write chronics about nutrition in La Culbute magazine, distributed to 50000 readers and daycares all over Canada.
• Write chronics about nutrition in L’infogarde magazine, distributed to 375 private daycares in Quebec.
• Organize the logistics for all the workshops, seminars and early childhood events that the team of Registered Dietitians of Dairy Farmers of Canada attends to.

Nutrition Consultant - Trainer and speaker في Pro Health Group
  • كندا
  • مارس 2009 إلى مايو 2010

• Implement worksite wellness programs, deliver workshops and nutrition seminars, organize special health events
and act as a nutrition expert advisor in international enterprises & government agencies.

Manager of Health promotion في National Defense Canada
  • كندا
  • أبريل 2008 إلى أبريل 2009

• Deliver Strengthening the Forces, a health promotion program designed to assist the Canadian Forces members, Regular and Primary Reserve, their family and the civilians working with the National Defense, to take control of their health and well-being by offering them courses, trainings and conferences as well as organizing health fairs and monthly activities about dependencies, social wellness, active living and nutrition.
• Carry out the research, design and evaluate the existing health promotion programs in areas of nutrition, weight
management, addictions (alcohol and gambling problems), injury prevention, anger and stress management.
• Act as a subject matter expert in Nutrition on a local and national level; participate in training development for Physical exercise specialists and other experts in the field.
• Identify and respond to the health promotion needs of the Canadian forces’ community by developing new courses, programs and education material as well as offering individual consults for personalized support.
• Write on a weekly basis a nutrition article in the national Canadian forces’ bilingual magazine SERVIR.

Nutrition support service dietitian في McGill University Health Center
  • كندا
  • مارس 2007 إلى أبريل 2008

• Evaluate the nutritional status of patients in critical care and determine the appropriate route of feeding (oral, enteral &/or parenteral) depending on the nutritional needs of the patient; in cooperation with the treating medical team.

الخلفية التعليمية

دبلوم, HACCP implementation in manufacturing
  • في BOECKER Food safety
  • يناير 2011
دبلوم, Health communication
  • في University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM)
  • ديسمبر 2010

This is a graduate diploma offered to a very limited group of health professionals to help them in their actual work field. You need to be very competitive to be able to keep up in this program and its intensive courses. I am presently following the courses by correspondence.

ماجستير, Nutrition and Dietetics
  • في Faculty of Medicine - University of Montreal
  • ديسمبر 2007

I have completed this masters degree in conjunction with an internship to become member of the order of dietitians of Quebec. My thesis was about the Effect of different feedings on the growth & development of the premature infant

بكالوريوس, Nutrition and food sciences
  • في American University of Beirut (AUB)
  • يونيو 2003

Specialties & Skills

Health Communication
Nutrition
Education
Health Promotion
MS EXCEL 2007 LEVEL 3 (Data sheets Analysis) course certificate
Statistics: SPSS
• Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint (Advanced level)
• Nutrition software: Nutritionist Pro IV, Genesis R&D
Internet explorer, Acrobat Reader.
MS EXCEL 2007 LEVEL 3 (Data list management) course certificate

اللغات

العربية
متمرّس
الفرنسية
متمرّس
الانجليزية
متمرّس

العضويات

Order of Professional Dietitians of Quebec (OPDQ)
  • Dietitian
  • March 2007
Lebanese Association for Food and Nutrition Sciences (LANFS)
  • Dietitian
  • June 2003
Health authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD)
  • Licensed dietitian
  • March 2011
Dubai Health authority
  • DHA
  • March 2011