Founder of SOPITA.GG & BingoBango.ai · EN / ES / PT

Javier Diaz

I grow the owners' capital as if it were mine.

Hard ops partner for physical-product founders. I free cash stuck in inventory, protect service, and encode systems so you can lead the vision — not live in the exception queue.

~$710M

working capital returned to the business

Managed inventory I systemized: >$900M → ~$190M (~79%).

Cash trapped in stock, available again to fund the vision — not a liquidation story.

~79%vs 20–35% field band
90th%ile service held
18+live decision systems
Javier Diaz
Open for founder seats

Founder · Operator · EN / ES / PT

"He frees the founder to do vision by owning the hard ops."

How I ask to be introduced References available

Proof

Capital freed. Service held. Method that scales.

When you evaluate an operator, ask: how much capital did their systems free, and did service hold? Scoped for diligence — not inflated for a slide. Scrub the method below.

Interactive proof

Stock becomes capital. Scrub the method.

Managed inventory I systemized: from >$900M to ~$190M. Cash freed for the vision — not a liquidation. Compare live against a published PE band of 20–35%.

Inventory on book $900M Start of the book
Method 0% Systems + cadence
Capital returned $0M Still locked in stock
Start PE band ~$710M free

Bed Bath & Beyond Group · multi-banner · 16 DCs · >$11B sales · 2014–2020. Dollar outcomes refer to managed inventory and systems I designed. PE band is published industry range, not a third-party audit of this book.

End state · systems I designed

>$900M~$190M

≈ 79% reduction · ~$710M capital returned

Same book as the instrument above. Scrub it; then diligence the narrative.

Published PE program band

20–35%

Common "success" range for inventory programs over 12–18 months. On the book I systemized: roughly 2–4× that band, at corporate-program scale.

Capital, not activity

~$710M returned through replenishment methods and 18+ algorithms — not a liquidation fire sale.

Drivers, not a trophy

Surfaced $80M obsolete with no prior path. Method proof, not a ceiling — same drivers scale with a larger book.

Growth without tradeoffs

~150 new SKUs/month, logistics −17%, multi-country under tariffs, COVID capacity repurposed. Service held.

What idle stock costs

At ~10% cost of capital, ~$710M excess is on the order of ~$70M/year carrying economics. Illustration only.

20–35% figures are published industry ranges. Dollar outcomes refer to managed inventory and systems I designed.

Experience

Experience

Newest first. Same standard at every stage: stock truth, capital free for the vision, service held.

2020 – Present

$80M obsolete surfaced

90th %ile service · logistics −17%

Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Cra-Z-Art · Lyndhurst, NJ

  • Built methods that surfaced obsolete with no prior path; worked toward a ~$30M clean base
  • Held 90th percentile service while launching ~150 new SKUs per month
  • Cut logistics cost 17% across a lean global network
  • Multi-country under tariffs · COVID: repurposed capacity instead of freezing
  • CEO-direct cadence · end-to-end supply ownership

2014 – 2020

~$710M capital returned

>$900M → ~$190M · ~79%

Senior Manager, Replenishment

Bed Bath & Beyond Group · multi-banner · 16 DCs · >$11B sales

  • Designed replenishment methods and 18+ algorithms
  • Drove managed inventory from >$900M to ~$190M without collapsing service
  • Replaced hero-based exceptions with automated buy / move / stop logic
  • Returned capital through system design — not a one-time purge

2006 – 2014

$140M OTB unlocked

95% obsolete eliminated

Supply & Merchandising Operations

Baker & Taylor · Rosen · Children's Place

  • Corrected Amazon replenishment failure modes; unlocked $140M open-to-buy
  • Eliminated 95% of obsolete while protecting depth on live titles
  • CEO-direct work early · English, Spanish, Portuguese

Offer

What changes when we partner

A partner who sees where you are going, and treats your capital and reputation as precious.

You get back

Founder hours

I take the fires — stockouts, excess, "where is the cash?" — and install cadence. You return to vision, people, product.

You get back

Working capital

Truth on dead, slow, critical stock. Free cash without starving the SKUs that fund the company.

You keep

Service & trust

90th percentile service while launching hard and cutting logistics. Cost-out that breaks the customer is not a win.

You gain

Planning that leads

Horizon, OTB, network, replenishment designed toward where the company is going — not weekly rescue.

You gain

Standards that stick

Logistics −17%, fewer heroics. Practice counts when the team can run it without me.

You gain

Paths others miss

Obsolete with no prior path, multi-country under tariffs, capacity repurposed in crisis.

Stage 01

Days 1–30 · Map

Capital, waste, planning gaps, exceptions still on you.

Stage 02

Days 31–60 · Clear

Move excess. Protect core service. Light cadence.

Stage 03

Days 61–90 · Encode

Algorithms and automation on tools you already pay for.

Builds

Founder who builds

Same ownership standard on products I ship and capital I steward.

SOPITA.GG & BingoBango.ai

Founder of SOPITA.GG and BingoBango.ai. Product craft and shipping discipline — the same standard I bring to hard ops.

SOPITA.GGBingoBango.aiBuilder-operator

Decision engines

18+ algorithms and replenishment methods: forecast, turns, order efficiency, JIT — the layer behind ~$710M of managed inventory reduction.

18+ algorithmsForecast · turns · JIT

Automation on your stack

LLMs and automation for analytics and task reduction on Salesforce, Monday-class, and ERP-style tools you already run.

LLM analyticsAnthropic · NVIDIA · Apple

Fit

Let's be honest about fit

Screen for real ownership of inventory and cash. If the authority is theater, we both save time.

We'll thrive if

  • You still carry inventory and cash exceptions yourself
  • Physical product — capital freezes in stock for real
  • You share real authority on inventory and assortment
  • You want systems that free people, not a larger war room
  • You treat capital as scarce and vision as serious

We may not match if

  • You need a shelf-and-promo politician more than an ops partner
  • Decks matter more than cash velocity and lived outcomes
  • Impact is branding only — waste economics cannot change
  • Decisions stay with a committee that never ships
  • You need ticket execution, not shared ownership of the end-state

Next · Let's talk

Tell me the vision — and what stands in the way.

I grow the owners' capital as if it were mine.

One email: what is frozen, what hurts, what authority is real. If I am the right partner, we talk. If not, I say so clearly.

(201) 726-3003 SMS welcome

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Javier Diaz

Friends call me Javy · Hard ops · Owner capital

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Lyndhurst, New Jersey · EN / ES / PT
Open for founder seats with real ops ownership