Michaela Ahern Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Bus and rail Service Analyst focused on Speed and Reliability initiatives. Working on aBRT routes, Better Bus Route projects, and TSP implementation and evaluation.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Arden Hills, Mn

Responsible for forecasting, ordering, and managing inventory levels at 17 Kroger distribution centers. Worked closely with Land O' Lakes sales and Kroger buyers to ensure successful promotional events, in-stock rates, and new item launches while maintaining exceptional service levels. Led the transition and completed extensive system set-up when Kroger became 100% VMI.Served as primary point of contact for customer questions related to transportation issues, item availability, and billing concerns. Assisted in creating internal processes and procedures dealing with order management, product allocation, and ERP system changes.

Bloomington, Minnesota

Maximized manufacturing and distribution efficiencies for warehouse and DSD bakery business. Responsible for production schedules, material movement plans and inventory management for over 200 SKUs while maintaining a target fill rate of 98.5%. Utilized exception management to prevent warehouse out of stocks, determine forecast discrepancies, and solve late in-transits. Worked closely with customer service, co-pack vendors, production managers, and warehouse personnel.Participated in monthly sales and demand consensus process. Communicated promotional events and incremental sales volume programs to manufacturing capacity planners. Monitored and analyzed weekly sales reports, scorecards, and in-stock reports.

Develop and manage Planning Division projects and policies related to land use, alternative transportation, housing, and urban design. Provided a high level of customer service to residents, business owners, and elected officials seeking information regarding land use policy and regulation.Managed development applications through the municipal approval process, extracted and analyzed data from property databases and GIS systems, and presented findings and policy recommendations to City management and elected officials. Authored the Accessory Dwelling Unit and Electronic Sign zoning ordinances.

Managed a survey team drawn from teenage clients of a local community organization. Created block and tax lot maps for over 2,000 city lots using Geographic Information System (GIS) software to highlight potential development sites and city-owned properties.

Managed a survey team drawn from adult clients of VIP Community Services; analyzed properties for real estate development potential; created maps and reports for each property and presented findings to VIP management.

Oversaw daily production of the NationalGeographic.com home page.

B.A., Geography, History

Mup, Urban Planning

Activities and Societies: Urban Planning Student Association

Certificate, Six Sigma Green Belt

Gained knowledge related to Six Sigma efficiency and effectiveness core concepts. Learned to use problem-solving methods, statistical.