Lucy Davila Soto

Lucy is a proven leader emphasizing S&OP, Suppliers, Third-Party Management and End-to-End supply network design. She is a network logistics professional with extensive experience helping to develop and manage organizations in high-complexity, rapid-change environments that are seeking simplification, or undergoing expansions or changes.

 

Lucy has worked with consumer goods global companies like Procter & Gamble, Coty, and independently, across industries including health, public works, food, and transportation.  She is a certified Black Belt Six Sigma and specializes in mapping the physical and information flow to drive losses out of the system. Her expertise includes a proven track record of achieving business profitability and enabling competitive advantage via supply chain time elimination, simplification, inventory optimization, and cost improvement for the businesses she works with.

Core Knowledge

·       Operations Management, Value Stream / JIT
  • S&OP, Go to Market
·       Production / Manufacturing / ERP
  • Integration of Acquisitions, Divestitures
·       Inventory Management
  • Market Logistics / Customer integration
·       Innovation – Program Management
  • Supply Base Management, Contracts
·       Global & Regional Leadership, Organization Design
  • Operating Plan & Budget Management

Leadership Characteristics

Accomplished Innovation & Supply Chain Leader with a bias for action, results and a strong collaborator.

Experience

2021 – Present Cincinnati Consulting Consortium, Supply Chain Professional
2019 – 2021 D&R TE, Independent Contractor – Production, Materials Planning and Supply Chain Design
2016 – 2019 Coty, Inc, Sr Director, Corporate and Americas Go to Market, Integration Project Leader
2015 – 2016 P&G, Senior Director Global Cosmetics, Supply Network Operations Leader
2014 – 2015 P&G North America Director – Oral Care Supply Network Operations
2010 – 2014 P&G North America Director Beauty Supply Network Design Mgr.
2001 – 2010 Various other positions at P&G in Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Operations

Leadership Development / Affiliations / Associations

Proven Leader Emphasizing S&OP, End-to-End Design, Supplier, and Third-Party Management

Education

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), Minor: Health Care Management University of Texas, Tyler, TX
  • Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering (IE), University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR
  • Industry Certifications: 2019 Black Belt – Six Sigma Certification
  • High Performing Work Systems Organization Certification
  • P&G SCM advanced certifications: Global Material Supply, Supply Network Design, Category Plan
  • Corporate Trainer: Material Supply Chain Management, Issue Resolution, Capacity Management
  • SAP / ERP System Qualifications
  • Fully Bilingual – English & Spanish