Marwan Sahab

HR and Administration Manager at Cedar White Bradley

• Lebanon - Beirut
• February 2012 to June 2021

Handled wide responsibilities across three main functions: HR, Legal & Administration
* Providing operational support and expertise on all personnel and HR management matters within the
organization, whilst ensuring total compliance to local legal requirements, ethical standards and best practices
* Designed, developed and implemented talent recruitment & selection and succession-planning program
* Overseeing and direct the development and administration of the Human Resources Department annual budget;
* Liaising with external auditors and managing CAPA plans to insure compliance;
* Liaising with external consultants regarding HR structure and salary/benefits benchmarking across the region;
* Conducting and managing performance appraisals, for middle management and their teams;
* Managing all employee benefits’ programs;
* Designed, developed and implemented Learning and Development (L&D) programs and initiatives such as
linking appraisals to an online training platform;
* Responsible for recruitment activities including writing and placing ads, liaising with recruiting consultants,
conducting interviews, gathering CVs, issuing letters, conducting employment verification etc. to ensure
uniformity in the quality and selection of talent and conformity to agreed Knowledge Skills and Abilities
* Managing CWB offices across the region including but not limited to handling office rent contracts and
liaising with relevant municipalities
* Managing the company restructuring project across the region including coordinating with lawyers in
different jurisdictions; and
* Ensuring compliance with legal, contractual or statutory procedures on personnel management, such as:
recruiting, welfare benefits and work contract termination.

property Consultant at Cedar White Bradley

• United Arab Emirates
• July 2010 to February 2012

Trained and supervised Paralegals and Trademark Portfolio Administrators on handling Intellectual Property
portfolios;
* Trademark clearance and prosecution, portfolio management for key clients such as The Coca-Cola company,
Novartis AG etc.;
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* Managed the MENA region operationally in area of trademark registration, handled oppositions, counterfeit and
legal cases by giving legal advice to clients and instructing and guiding local lawyers to draft the relevant
memoranda;
* Handled Trademarks recordals of assignments, change of name and address, recordals of merger for big clients
such Apple Inc, MSD Merck, Novartis AG etc.;
* Mediated IP operations between International clients and local offices/agents; and
* Conducted official and online searches and market investigations. Analyzed and quantified collected data and
reporting information to client with opinion and suggestions related to the availability to register their trade
marks.

Head of Department at Saba & Co IP

• Jordan
• October 2001 to June 2010

Managed Tunisia and Algeria operationally in areas of trademark registration, patents, industrial designs,
handling oppositions, counterfeit and legal cases;
* Directed Saba IP jobs in Tunisia through two different agents by sending instructions and guided them
throughout the process;
* Conducted official and online searches and market investigations. Analyzing and quantifying collected data and
reporting information to client with opinion and suggestions;
* Mediated IP operations between International clients and local offices/agents;
* Developed centralized patent translation program;
* Managed centralized accounts namely Nakheel PJSC, The International Scouts Organization (Switzerland), and
Saba & Co. IP trademarks;
* Handled patent translations through a network of Arab and French translators; and
* Coordinated implementation of new electronic invoicing system with IT department that resulted in reduction of
invoicing error from 20% to < 1%.
IP Paralegal
* Trained Head Office, Saudi Arabia & Dubai operations staff members on Saba IP systems, client communication
skills and IP knowledge;
* Managed major accounts such as The Coca Cola Company;
* Provided substantial support to the Saudi office over a period of four years in areas such as strategic planning,
operations, training and services that resulted in improving the market share;
* Launched new trademark renewal system and audited pending applications for the Dubai Office;
* Assisted and supervised regional Saba offices;
* Assigned to directly manage the Riyadh office in the absence of acting manager;
* Filed Trademarks and Patents for major multinational companies such as Novartis AG, Nestle, Coca Cola, Pfizer,
Merck; and
* Handled oppositions and safeguarded clients’ Trademarks & Patents rights.
Additional Positions

Operation Assistant at Beiru

• January 1999 to January 2001

Controlled all Lloyd Triestino containers moving to/from the following ports:

military service at Adjutan

• January 1998 to January 1999

Sales Representative at Lebanese Army

• Lebanon
• January 1997 to January 1998

Sold Lloyd Triestino’s services for full containers and handled shipments by air
and sea as a

Assistant at Music

• January 1994 to January 1997