Christopher Valpiani Email & Phone Number

Woodinville, Washington

• Creates and maintains SKU level inventory records in the OMS system including class hierarchies and comprehensive costing and sales information• Creates and maintains an external UPC and SKU information library including extended attributes for national brand partners using the OpenText GXS system.• Performs seasonal analysis on margin at the SKU level, and maintains the database of obsolete (LCM) inventory, providing this information to cross-divisional partners• Researches and applies Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes to all SKU’s, then reconciles and analyzes any customs/duty variances • Forecasts and creates factory purchase orders based on customer pre orders and seasonal sales history• Monitored foreign factory production to produce and maintain incoming shipping schedule• Organizes and processes all Return to Vendor transactions and resulting factory chargebacks from national accounts resulting from quality defects • Oversees multiple seasonal shipments to foreign distributors direct from China from order inception, to customs, to delivery• Performs seasonal analysis of all inbound freight to the domestic warehouse providing reconciliation, researching variances, and forecasting freight for upcoming seasons for costing purposes• Provides all inventory related reporting during interim and year-end financial audits

Woodinville, Wa

• Ensured all products produced for the market are tested using a third-party testing agency to meet all safety and labelling regulations• Processed all Incoming EDI transactions from national partners into the OMS system to ensure fulfillment• Processed chargebacks to vendors for discrepancies in packing lists, carton markings and ASN’s• Produced daily and weekly inventory reporting and provides analysis and input for executive, management, and cross-divisional purposes• Developed and maintained comprehensive cycle count program in the distribution center

Kent, Wa

• Coordinated Bi-Annual Retail Physical Inventories for 127 locations across the US• Created, administered, and reviewed cycle count programs for underperforming stores • Helped develop a physical inventory process that tied several legacy systems together with REI’s new SAP system• Created weekly and monthly inventory movement reports using SAP and Business Objects and provided analysis and input for retail and senior management • Developed and maintained regular analysis to identify and resolve issues with Moving Average Price (MAP) discrepancies • Submitted monthly reconciliations and journal entries for inventory GL accounts • Participated in external financial audits, providing support for assigned PBC items• Monitored In-Transit, Rentals, Negative On-hands and Blocked Stock for all Retail Store locations• Performed SAP transactional inventory movements as necessary

Bellevue, Wa

• Managed inventory of over 1000 SKU’s for 26 locations in Washington and Idaho • Created, administered, and reviewed inventory budget throughout fiscal year • Performed month-end reconciliations and authorized payment of PO’s for accounts payable • Interacted with external vendors for purchasing and discrepancy purposes • Developed and analyzed daily inventory transaction reports

Bellevue, Wa

• Generated and maintained over 900,000 memberships • Trained other employees in account maintenance and company policy • Programmed and monitored intranet web pages • Worked alongside other departments including travel and insurance for customer benefit