Rene Tiburcio
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Roanoke, TX, United States
Toptal member since April 17, 2024
Rene is a continuous improvement leader. He supports OEM and 3PL organizations in achieving business transformation and process excellence by implementing cost-effective, sustainable solutions. Rene has over 20 years of experience assisting customers in successfully optimizing value-added operations by eliminating process waste and implementing a Kaizen culture. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Scrum Master (PSM I) and has eight years of experience as a project manager.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Bill of Materials
- Continuous Improvement
- Kaizen
- Lean Manufacturing
- Project Management
- SOP Development
- Supply Chain
- Value Stream Mapping
Work Experience
Lean Coach
Self-employed
- Coached and empowered clients to thrive through Lean principles by streamlining workflows, eliminating waste, and driving sustainable improvement to achieve operational excellence.
- Fostered best practices for repair manufacturing workforce capacity planning by delivering queuing theory training, demand planning, process mapping, and takt time training.
- Delivered Lean introduction training to management teams by focusing on Kaizen preparation steps, the plan–do–check–act (PDCA) cycle, the DMAIC framework, and other continuous improvement tools.
Supply Chain Lean Expert
Schneider Electric SE - Main
- Led rapid improvement projects based on the Kaizen culture, 5S walks, and Lean Six Sigma methodology to identify and remove supply chain operational barriers impacting the engineering-to-order (ETO) manufacturing process.
- Defined and implemented rework yield process control, including failure analysis and data collection using the GainSeeker suite and lean digitization system (LDS) as data sources.
- Coached production and supply chain managers to successfully drive end-to-end performance excellence to increase labor efficiency and productivity for SWBD Mech Line and Wiring.
- Increased material kit accuracy rate by adding inspection points to create informative loops between consumption points (internal customers) and the source point of the defect. Defects in the upstream of the supply chain were significantly reduced.
- Developed value stream maps to identify barriers within the fabrication, painting, and warehouse processes and reduced defects in the downstream processes of the supply chain.
Business Process Manager
Amazon.com
- Collaborated cross-functionally with stakeholders to streamline business processes.
- Created robust metrics and applied rigorous problem-solving to enable data-driven decision-making.
- Headed change management process initiatives, analyzed supply chain issues, and improved process speed and lead time.
- Translated an engineering BOM (EBOM) into a manufacturing BOM (MBOM), aligning process requirements to enhance accuracy.
- Implemented SAP Maintenance Module to track OEE, increasing asset uptime and reducing downtime to enhance factory shop tool performance.
- Simplified SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) processes, optimizing inbound/outbound logistics and fulfillment workflows.
Senior Project Manager
Reconext
- Led process excellence projects, adhering to scope, timeline, and budget. Managed capital plans, allocated resources, and scheduled projects. Optimized costs, enhanced customer value, and ensured operational readiness.
- Headed Kaizen rapid improvement events and redefined shop floor workflows, enhancing availability, performance, and quality rates for improved effectiveness and 5% productivity change.
- Guided cross-functional teams in designing and implementing new product introduction (NPI) projects. Implemented metrics and scorecards and improved efficiency.
- Led waterfall and agile projects within scope, time, and budget; managed resource allocation, schedule, and cost by using data analytics and project tools such as Visio, MS Project, SQL, Excel, and Power BI.
- Developed tailored preventive maintenance schedules for equipment and parts, increasing reliability by 25% and extending machinery lifespan.
- Delivered continuous improvement solutions by implementing Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen tools such as DMAIC, PDCA, GEMBA, Heijunka, Kanban, SMED, TQM, OEE, and VSM to optimize product systems.
- Optimized programs by focusing on cost-effectiveness project management and quality standards. Managed Scrum projects: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Lean Director
Reconext
- Facilitated virtual and in-person Kaizen events, focusing on continuous improvement systems to align business strategy, objectives, projects, and metrics, reducing waste from operations by 50%.
- Implemented Lean Six Sigma across transactional back-office and manufacturing processes, employing tools like PDCA, DMAIC, one-piece flow, takt, Gemba, poka-yoke, A3 problem solving, 5S pillars, the eight wastes, and value stream mapping (VSM).
- Designed an internal Lean certification training plan and developed relevant training materials. Delivered impactful A3 coaching, mentoring, training, and Kaizen workshops to educate 900 employees.
- Collaborated with vendors to establish a replenishment process for the local MRP system, including quality audits at the supplier premises and Kanban systems on the shop floor.
- Improved cost efficiency by implementing a maintenance program, reducing the weekly number of equipment failures, and automatically reducing the level of spare parts stocked by about 50%.
- Executed the Hoshin Kanri strategy and X-Matrix tool deployment, directly translating business strategy into actionable Lean Six Sigma objectives, resulting in a 15% improvement in business outcomes related to operational goals.
Program Director | Plant Manager
Teleplan | Reconext
- Led contract reverse operations (repair manufacturing) at the Mexico-US border, oversaw 700+ indirect and 16 direct reports, and managed P&L and order fulfillment processes, enhancing process efficiency by 20%.
- Implemented Lean assessments, VSM, training, and an internal continuous improvement certification program.
- Reduced cycle and lead time, direct and indirect labor utilization, and cost to meet P&L operational budget requirements.
- Delivered inventory management, planning and optimizing part bin locations and rack distribution for in/out of warranty parts, managed end of life, and reduced excess and obsolete ratio.
- Defined performance metrics and KPIs, focusing on standard work, equipment capital cost, return on investment (ROI), capacity planning, practical A3 problem-solving tools, and root-cause analysis.
Senior Manager Operational Excellence
Jabil
- Established manufacturing best practices, Lean metrics, and visual indicators to improve process efficiency. Led Lean transformation and created Lean Six Sigma training and coaching plans.
- Implemented operational excellence as a regional initiative, explicitly focusing on production yield, material handling, facility layout, 5S/6S, VSM, standard work, methods engineering, and problem-solving.
- Achieved quality assurance and led the implementation of the quality management system (QMS), including ISO 9001, Lean Six Sigma, and Total Productivity System (TPM) support methodologies.
- Led new product (NPI) teams to deliver cost-saving semi-automated solutions to support the transition from high-volume manufacturing to repair operations, increasing operational efficiency by 30%.
Engineering Manager
Seagate
- Led Support Systems Engineering (SSE) to maintain test equipment for hard disk drives and delivered preventive and corrective maintenance documents and functional SOPs for day-to-day operations.
- Applied statistical analysis and modeling techniques to assess performance baselines, identify quality improvement opportunities, and write corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) documents.
- Defined BOM material usage percentage based on failure and repair rates, including additional harvesting opportunities for scrap or materials beyond economical repair.
- Transformed clean room production lines by modifying equipment at full automation level to a semi-automated process by replacing Robots with Cobots.
Project History
LATAM Customer On-premise Equipment Facility Startup
Completed on-time delivery (OTD) project to expand aftermarket operations, market segmentation, and company revenue by 4% for the Caribbean and Mexico markets.
Strategic Regional Lean Deployment to Improve Regional Productivity
Oversaw the regional strategic deployment of operational excellence and Lean manufacturing to increase global productivity by 5%.
Lean Culture Implementation Driving Operational Change and Profitability
Exceeded annual business revenue and margin targets by 10% within eight months, increasing customer satisfaction and market share.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
University of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ, United States
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering
Technological Institute of Veracruz - Veracruz, Mexico
Skills
Tools
Visio, Excel 2016, Maynard Operation Sequence Technique (MOST), Microsoft Power BI, Jira, Slack, Confluence, Zoom, Office 365, SQL, Power Pivot, Supervisor, SAP Plant Maintenance (PM)
Paradigms
Waste Elimination, Lean, Kanban, Lean Project Management, Agile, Scrum, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Industry Expertise
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma
Platforms
Microsoft Power Automate, SharePoint, SharePoint 365, SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Other
Operational Efficiency Improvement, Continuous Improvement, DMAIC, Production, Queueing Theory, Process Flows, Project Timelines, Value Stream Mapping, Lean Manufacturing, PDCA, Industrial Engineering, Operational Excellence, Kaizen, Cross-functional Team Leadership, A3 Problem Solving, Defect Management, Ishikawa Diagrams, 5 Whys, Inventory Management, Project Management, Capacity Planning, Leadership, People Management, Value Analysis, SOP Development, Presentations, Simulations, Yield Management, Global Operations, Microsoft Flow, P&L Analysis, Manufacturing, Profit & Loss (P&L), P&L Forecasting, Operations, Data-driven Decision-making, Profitability Analysis, Supply Chain, Microsoft Office, Cross-functional Collaboration, Bill of Materials, Root Cause Analysis, Resource Management, Financial Accounting, Operational Modeling, Risk Analysis, Statistics, Capital Budgeting, Business Planning, Planning, Accounting, Data Research, Quip, Smartsheet, IT Projects, Training, Coaching, Teams, Projects, Process Improvement, Complex Problem Solving, New Products, Process Design, Product Roadmaps, Strategy, Training Content, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Demand Planning, Production Lines, Budget Modeling, Lean Budgets, Staff Management & Development, Customer Service, Computer Repair, Assembly, Facilities Management, Training Workshops, Balance Scorecards, Material Pricing, Pricing Models, Cost Control, RFPs, RFQs, ITTs, Responses, Proposals & Quotes, Workflow, Warehouses, Quality Control (QC), SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Software & Hardware Maintenance, Schedule Management, Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Vendor Management, Supplier Quality Assurance, Warehouse Management, New Product Development, ISO 9001, QA Testing, Hardware Integration, Manufacturing Project Management, Supply Chain Optimization
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