Rocio Patterson

Experience

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  Custom Gear

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2014

  Assistant
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  Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

  Sept 2015 - Feb 2016

  Newsletter publisher and editor

  •Worked to edit, translate, and publish a newsletter read over 100,000 inhabitants in Little Village, Chicago.•Collaborated with a team of individuals with the decision making process of formats, topics, and media included in the newsletter based on the target audience of a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago.•Learned the processes within community governments and organizations to accomplish projects as well as communicated with the public specifically based on the environmental and social issues of Little Village. Show less

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  Maple and Ash

  May 2016 - Oct 2016

  Hostess and Reservationist

  •Work with 100+ restaurant staff daily to maintain an award winning status of high end dining in Chicago.•Help lead teams of hosts to serve 300 to 500 people a night smoothly in a stressful and changing environment. •Provide solutions for difficult situations with high profile clientele through direct and effective communication.•Answer to high volumes of calls and emails acquiring a minimum of $6,000 of revenue daily as well as making connections with other customers and restaurants to improve business income. Show less

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  Centro Romero

  Sept 2016 - Aug 2019

  Intern

  •Worked with a group of 17 teenagers ages 13 to 15 to raise over $1000 dollars for an overnight hostel excursion trip to meet travelers from all around the world.•Tutored the teenagers in financial skills such as raising and saving money to reach a goal. Provided them the guidance in learning to construct a sales pitch and sell products to go towards their trip.•Learned the processes within community organizations to accomplish projects and improve learning.

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  DHR International

  Nov 2016 - Mar 2017

  Research Associate Intern at DHR International

  • Collaborated with associates from all around North America to work on over 30 projects of retained executive search by researching potential candidates as well as potential target companies.• Helped in the recruitment of 50+ persons into manager, C-level, and executive positions. • Recruit leaders in all industries and functions including, but not limited to: Retail, Consumer, Financial Services, and Technology.• Aid in retained executive searches done for fortune 500 companies placing candidates into six or seven figure compensation positions. Show less

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  PowerReviews

  May 2017 - Sept 2017

  Sales Operations Intern

  •Gained experience in a wide spectrum of sales positions by completing tasks directly benefiting all areas of the sales organization in a fast growing and constantly changing start-up environment.•Prospected 1000+ new leads from varying industries using creative methods such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, e-Commerce industry articles, and data mining within Salesforce reports.•Constant use of Microsoft Excel and Salesforce to create 5-10 weekly reports on the quickly expanding sales pipeline using a Salesforce admin interface.•Aided in the planning and formatting of fiscal year compensation plans to Enterprise, Senior Corporate, Corporate, and Sales Development teams. Show less

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  Cars.com

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

  Inside Sales and Sales Training Intern

  •Qualify leads and set up potential client follow-up meetings through cold calling 25+ times daily into a new Canadian market.•Update back-end Salesforce account updates for employee on boarding, promotions, transfers, and terminations.•Assist in lead prospecting using industry knowledge, distribution of sales collateral, and customer relationship building and communication.•Work within the Sales Training Team to help test and prepare the company online training software used for new on boarded sales representatives.•Weekly Salesforce reporting of staff milestones requested by Regional Sales Managers for Director meetings. Show less

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  PepsiCo

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Category Leadership Capabilities Intern

  •Creating an automated and interactive reporting dashboard for PepsiCo senior leadership using the Power BI program to allow accurate assessment of the company, and drive context to meaningful discussions with stakeholders.•Analyzes data sets from IRI reporting systems and Excel to properly provide an executive level overview of the PepsiCo corporation and its thousands of products worth over 38 billion dollars per year.•Implements an online mobile Executive Scorecard Power BI automated reporting system on a mobile platform to be accessed by PepsiCo executive leadership at all times from any location.•Provides live demonstration of dashboard to fit the needs of the Senior Vice President of Category Leadership and Chief Operating Officer of PepsiCo. Show less

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  Tock

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  Marketing & Account Managment Intern

  Gained exposure to a rapidly growing start-up by shadowing personale in various departments, including account management, engineering, product, sales, and marketing.Assessed 80+ business websites and built reservation sites for award-winning restaurants, including Michelin-starred and James Beard Foundation awardees.Reviewed 150+ customer sites for user experience optimization and increased revenue opportunities.Assisted the sales and account management team with a 55% increase in monthly reservation website launches. Show less

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  PepsiCo

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Category Leadership Senior Analyst - Shopper Insights Front End

    Apr 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Category Leadership & Insights Associate - Capabilities

    Aug 2019 - Apr 2021
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  Conagra Brands

  Jun 2022 - now

  • Omni-channel Insights Associate Manager

    May 2024 - now

  • Associate Manager Behavioral Sciences

    Jun 2022 - now