Tahir Razzak
Brampton,Canada
Summary
Dynamic finance leader with extensive experience at adidas, driving strategic financial planning and optimizing supply chain processes. Proven track record in implementing cost-saving initiatives, enhancing profitability, and leading high-performing teams. Proficient in SAP and financial modeling, with a passion for delivering impactful results and fostering collaborative environments.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Independent Consultant/Contractor
Deloitte
01.2024 - Current
- Reporting to Sr. Leader audit and assurance to help global manufacturing client to achieve financial control and governance by doing process improvement, system harmonization, defined policies, contract management, revenue recognition but not limited to percentage of completion methodology
- Key member of project delivery team focused on enhancing the accuracy and reliability of client financial statements.
- Identified opportunities to streamline balance sheet account reconciliation processes, ensuring the validity of multi-million dollar financial information.
- Supported site controllers in improving month-end close processes, strengthening control and governance for informed decision-making.
- Acted as Interim Site Entity CFO for client business unit
Finance Leader
Creation Technologies
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Reported into Senior Director Finance, East Region and managed a team of direct report while responsible for Mississauga Business Unit Financial Controlling, Working Capital and Profitability Management
- Led financial planning and analysis for approx. $90M manufacturing site.
- Drove business partnerships to optimize processes -continuous improvement.
- Defined finance strategy and supported commercial decision-making.
- Implemented annual standard cost roll-up and Business Attainment review process aimed at operational efficiency, quality improvement, customer services and financial discipline.
- Conducted data analysis and identified trends using Power BI visualizations and analytical tools.
Senior Finance Manager - Supply Chain North America
adidas
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Reported into Director Finance, North America Supply Chain with dotted reporting to Canada CFO, managed a team of 4 direct reports while responsible for Strategic Financial Planning, budgeting and forecasting, executing performance management reporting, DC controlling and month end closing.
- Part of NAM leadership team and supported VP of NAM Distribution and senior leaders for inbound, outbound, procurement and transportation team
- Managed DC controlling for 4 owned DCs and 2 3PL facilities with throughput of 200M+ pieces for all channels (Wholesale, Retail & E-comm)
- Led the SCM Strategic Business Planning process valued in multi-millions.
- Managed headcount, KPIs, and reporting for 6 departments with 100+ team
- Served as a financial advisor and key approver for supply chain non-trade procurement, including 3PL, direct labor, and freight.
- Led the implementation of an activity-based costing (ABC) financial model improve pricing decisions and margin enhancement.
- Oversaw SCM accounting operations, month-end/quarterly closing, reporting, and analysis of inventory, cost of goods sold, and supply chain overhead, P&L analytics, and Balance Sheet accounts reviews for Americas
- Project Lead SCM projects & initiatives aimed to control, monitor, and manage financial risk in an effective manner
Finance Manager - Supply Chain & IT Canada
adidas
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Reported into Director Finance, North America Supply Chain at Brantford Distribution Center, managed a direct report while focused on Value Stream P&L for DC via KPI management for cost drivers
- Managed budget & forecast planning cycles that include preparation, target-setting discussion (with local and global decision-makers), system upload, and validations such as WM, Labor Management and SAP
- Successfully implemented CPU efficiencies roadmap, realizing a net saving of $1.5M (21% savings over budget)
- Led an inventory management project, strategically mobilizing 1M units and achieving a cost avoidance of $500K.
- Managed the execution of a multi-million dollar SCM+IT strategy to improve performance, cost, and service levels within Canadian DC
Strategic Pricing Manager
Noble Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Reported into Senior Director Finance, managed a team of 5 direct reports while responsible for leadership in pricing strategy and price-to-win strategies.
- Led the strategic pricing roadmap for a portfolio of 200 product categories with 98K SKUs.
- Developed pricing-related sales analytics, driving GP% growth and reducing the gap over LY by engineering a 1% margin improvement
- Utilized Cognos Analytics to perform data exploration, analysis, and visualization, identifying trends and patterns to support data-driven decision-making.
Senior Supply Chain Analyst
Noble Corporation (Ex Rona)
01.2013 - 10.2013
- Reported into Senior Supply Chain Director to provide strategic and tactical leadership for delivering superior customer supply chain support.
- Optimized processes, turns, costs ($400M, 60 branches).
- Implemented S&OP, improved sourcing and made improvement in controlling obsolete/slow-moving inventory.
Senior Financial Analyst
The Home Depot Canada
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Reported into Director Financial Planning and Analysis and focused on corporate FP&A planning from end to end business valued in multi billions
- Managed Canadian Divisional Payroll and Fringes planning, forecasting, month-end analysis, and reporting for 180 stores ($500M-$700M).
- Played a key role in developing a robust planning & forecasting process, collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Received the Homer Award in 2012 for outstanding performance.
Financial Analyst
Waste Management Canada
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Reported into Region Controller focused on operational finance planning, budgeting and forecasting, month end close and reporting
- Delivered labor productivity analysis for the Western Ontario region ($100M in revenue).
- Conducted management reporting of operational metrics and provided insights for re-forecasting.
Various Roles
Royal Dutch Shell
01.2000 - 01.2007
- Pricing and Business Analyst – Commercial Finance | June 2005 – October 2007
- Turned around a loss-making unit into a profitable business with USD 8M in profit, receiving the "Significant Business Contribution Award" in 2006.
- Received Leadership, Accountability, and Teamwork Award on the effective pricing and risks management in the rising arena of International prices which resulted in enhanced margins of USD 0.6M
- Depot Superintendent – Inbound & Outbound Logistics | Jan 2003 – May 2005
- Managed the aviation fuel export business (USD 3M) for DESC-American and ISAF NATO forces in Afghanistan, improving delivery execution by 40%.
- Transport and Corporate Safety Analyst | November 2000 – December 2002
- Played key role in the contracting and procurement process of the major safety project of Haulier Professionalization valued USD 2M aimed to develop professional competencies amongst the transporters
Education
Masters of Business Administration - Degree Accredited Only
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada01.2007
Bachelors of Commerce - Degree Accredited Only
University of British Columbia
Toronto, Canada01.2007
Skills
- MS Office
- Workday Adaptive Financial Planning Tool
- Oracle Financials
- SAP (FICO), SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Ariba
- Allevo SAP planning
- Business Intelligence (B2B), Business Warehouse, Business NaVision Accounting Software
- Business Object (Cognos TM1, MSTR)
- Tableau
- QuickBooks Desktop
- One stream
- JD Edwards (AS/400)
- Oracle Financials
- MicroStrategy
- Power BI
- WMS (Manhattan)
- Enterprise Labor Management System
- SCI (Cognos) reporting
- Epicor ERP
- Process optimization
- Financial modeling
- Budget management
- Data warehousing
- Project leadership
- Team leadership
Accomplishments
- Improved working capital at Creation: inventory turns from 2.30 to 3.42 and reduced DSO from 82 to 55 days.
- Senior adidas Leadership recognition for Canada US Cross Border & US West Coast DCs business case analytics, on multi-millions of projects aimed to optimize DC capacity utilization, productivity, and delivery performance metrics.
- Lead the North America adidas Air and Ocean Freight cost optimization project of $500M and did cost benefit analytics, reviewed the customer demand and delivery dates which resulted in cost improvement of $10M on annualized basis.
- Positively impacted legal entity results for adidas Canada by bringing IT group allocation cost from $7.2M to $5.7M in 2017 budgets by aligning senior leaders at local and global level.
- Developed and implemented the Centralized Capital Management process at Home Depot Canada which helped to 99% plan achievement with 14% favorability on expenses for the entire division.
- Played a major contribution by recognizing the outstanding CIP balances for Home Depot Canada from 2003-2009 worth approximately $30M for final assets settlement and depreciation which resulted in improved cash flow, and better depreciation planning.
Certification
- Fundamentals of Income Tax, 04/01/24
- PMP, 12/01/26
Timeline
Independent Consultant/Contractor
Deloitte
01.2024 - Current
Finance Leader
Creation Technologies
01.2022 - 01.2024
Senior Finance Manager - Supply Chain North America
adidas
01.2017 - 01.2022
Finance Manager - Supply Chain & IT Canada
adidas
01.2015 - 01.2017
Strategic Pricing Manager
Noble Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2014
Senior Supply Chain Analyst
Noble Corporation (Ex Rona)
01.2013 - 10.2013
Senior Financial Analyst
The Home Depot Canada
01.2010 - 01.2013
Financial Analyst
Waste Management Canada
01.2008 - 01.2009
Various Roles
Royal Dutch Shell
01.2000 - 01.2007
Masters of Business Administration - Degree Accredited Only
University of Toronto
Bachelors of Commerce - Degree Accredited Only
University of British Columbia