Craig Andrews
About
Craig Andrews is from Zionsville, Indiana, United States. Craig works in the following industries: "Food & Beverages", and "Food Production". Craig is currently Senior Director of Continuous Improvement at ConAgra Foods, located in Indianapolis / Omaha. In Craig's previous role as a Senior Director of Continuous Improvement at Conagra Brands, Craig worked in Enterprise-wide until Sep 2018. Prior to joining Conagra Brands, Craig was a Director of Continuous Improvement at ConAgra Foods and held the position of Director of Continuous Improvement at Indianapolis / Omaha.
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Craig Andrews's current jobs
Leading the Organizational Effectiveness for the Leadership Pillar as well as the Focused Improvement Pillar. Main emphasis is building leadership skills, enhancing teamwork, driving culture change, and improving engagement in a Continuous Improvement organization. The FI Pillar leads the way in eliminating waste while improving efficiencies and processes.
Craig Andrews's past jobs
For the company, I led the Lean Supply Chain and Focused Improvement Pillars in our continuous improvement organization. Focused on enhancing customer service levels, reducing working capital, driving out losses and improving plant efficiency.
Launched Lean Supply Chain pillar for the company focusing on material flow, working capital, and run strategy optimization. Designed Value Stream Mapping playbook and facilitated VSM events across the enterprise driving down working capital by reducing lead times and inventory levels. Pioneered the application of Lean methods in Non-Manufacturing areas such as Employee Communications and Commercialization. Created dynamic, interactive presentations to educate executives, new hires, interns, operations and staff areas on lean and continuous improvement. Spearheaded recruiting team at Purdue University. Assisted with cultural transformation, talent management, and organizational effectiveness. Coached and developed 4 direct reports and 3 interns. Effectively collaborated with various functions, such as S&OP, M&OP, RQI, Brand, Communications, and Operations to improve skills and results. Partnered with Milliken to integrate LSC into the CPS operating system. • Created a “Total Margin Management” improvement process identifying opportunities of over $25MM. • Earned “FUEL” Awards for reducing Non-Finished Goods Inventory by $10MM and “Community Outreach VSM”. • Facilitated several Rapid Changeover activities averaging 35% improvement in time. • Saved over $800,000 through improved flow and labor utilization through time studies and warehouse optimization.