Juan Soto

About Juan Soto

I believe the best supply chains are built on clarity, not complexity. That’s why I focus on creating the right foundation first: lean systems that actually work, aligned teams that know their priorities, and a culture where people can deliver results and maintain balance. Without the right foundation, even the best strategies fall apart.I lead transformation at the intersection of operations and digital process excellence. My focus is turning digital investments into usable, adopted standards that reduce manual work, improve signal quality, stabilize planning, and strengthen execution reliability. I focus on strategy before tools, standards before scale, and adoption before automation.I’ve led organizations of 100+ people across S & OP, master scheduling, materials planning, purchasing, logistics, and strategic sourcing. My strength is turning complexity into sustainable systems that work across functions, scale with growth, and keep teams focused on what matters most.I don’t just optimize supply chains, I connect them directly to business impact. That means hitting budgets, optimizing inventory, and improving cash flow. It means delivering on customer commitments with confidence. And most importantly, it means building leaders who can sustain these results long after I’ve moved on to the next challenge.I build relationships that drive enterprise-level change. Whether partnering with senior leaders on strategy, collaborating with commercial teams on customer solutions, or aligning with operations on execution, I focus on improvements that make the entire business better, not just the supply chain.

Experience

1. Executive, Digital Process Excellence

   GE Vernova

   Feb 2026 — Present · Greenville, SC, US

   Building GE Vernova\'s Digital Process Excellence organization from the ground up across 30+ global manufacturing sites. The team identifies the right technology, proves it works, sets the standard, and drives adoption by embedding it in daily management and operating rhythms.

Education

• Tecnológico de Monterrey

  Engineer's degree, Industrial Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• Comillas Pontifical University

  Business Strategy, Business Administration and Management, General

• Penn State University

  Masters in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Lean Manufacturing
• Sourcing
• Sap Implementation
• Sap Materials Management (Sap Mm)
• Lean Thinking
• Empowerment
• Supply Chain
• Kaizen
• Tableau
• Productivity
• Sap Mm
• Purchasing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Sql
• Inventory Optimization
• Strategic Planning
• Sap Erp
• Manufacturing
• Time Management
• Sap Production Planning
• Sap
• Green Belt
• Logistics
• Data Modeling
• Inventory Management
• Operations Management
• Materials Management
• Business Strategy
• Manufacturing Operations
• Procurement
• Mrp
• Oracle Erp
• Big Data Analytics