Cara Hauck

About Cara Hauck

Financial leader and trusted advisor known for developing others and building strong team…

Experience

1. Sr Director Supply Chain Finance

   adidas

   May 2022 — Present

   Acting as a strategic business partner to the head of North American Supply Chain, driving financial target setting and performance management benchmarking for end-to-end supply chain costs. Leading financial analysis around regional inventory storage and liquidation efforts, managing volatility through financial transparency and dynamic scenario planning around profit margin, balance sheet, and cash flow impacts. Enhancing distribution center productivity and performance management tracking through a simplified, standardized planning tool, reducing working time by 25% to allow for quicker analysis of risks, opportunities, and recommendations, ultimately enhancing business partnership and trust, and driving tighter forecast accuracy. Steering long range strategic distribution network capability and capacity analysis, working across multiple local and global stakeholders to optimize investment timing and business needs against projected future productivity and cost benefits. Rebuilding the North American Supply Chain Finance team, recruiting a strong balance of internal, international, and external talent focused on igniting full performance potential, maximizing key stakeholder relationships, and solidifying a strong bench for future succession planning.

Skills

• Trend Analysis
• Apparel
• Strategic Planning
• Supply Chain Management
• Pricing
• Sporting Goods
• Retail
• Inventory Management
• Budgets
• Sales
• Leadership
• Haiku
• Marketing
• Sap Products
• Management
• Forecasting
• Financial Analysis
• Competitive Analysis
• Sap
• P&L
• Product Management
• Budgeting