Erin Hooge
Sussex,USA
Summary
Dedicated sales professional with 25+ years of experience. Gifted in relationship building and assessing client needs. Skilled with negotiating and closing sales. Proven track record of retaining and growing customer base to exceeding sales targets and meet business segment financial goals, year after year.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Business Performance Advisor
Insperity
Wauwatosa, WI
04.2017 - Current
- Conducted discovery calls to identify improvement opportunities for client operations.
- Uncovered gaps in business strategies to enhance organizational efficiency and drive growth.
- Conversed with clients on HR best practices, ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations.
- Facilitated lunch and learn trainings sessions to improve employee engagement and performance across client organizations.
- Influenced organizational change initiatives by acting as a change agent within the company, promoting a growth mindset and adaptability to new processes.
- Facilitated skilled networking events to promote collaborations amongst organizations.
- Collaborated with owners to identify and address employee relations issues.
- Administered employee benefits programs and assisted with open enrollment.
Territory Manager
Cork Medical
Indianapolis, IN
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Responsible for bringing awareness of Cork Medical products to local Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Home Health Agencies & Wound Care facilities in Southeastern and Southwestern Wisconsin.
- Set up in-service meetings through hunting abilities; such as stop ins, cold calling and referrals.
- Conducted over 30 business luncheons with nurses & social service staff to educate on a greater knowledge of Cork Medical's wound care products, such as their Negative Pressure Wound Therapy pump during the initial 2 month period.
- Facilitated orders with care givers, worked with insurance companies and helped with delivery of the NPWT. (due to a restructuring in the Wisconsin market my position was eliminated shortly after I began)
- (durable medical equipment supplier)
Key Account Executive
YP/AT&T - SBC Communications - Ameritech
Brookfield, WI
01.1994 - 01.2016
- Worked exclusively with YP/AT&T's $1000+ Major / Key accounts.
- Responsible for product sales & service support for over 100 businesses.
- Grew revenues to over $3.2 million, representing a 15% annual increase in sales, each year over the last 5 years.
- Developed tailored solutions aligned with client needs, driving account growth and retention.
- Cultivated strong relationships with key clients to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Placed orders, designed ads & met deadlines. While selling print and on-line yellow pages, Google ad words, SEO, Mobile marketing, behavioral advertising, websites and direct mail, recognized as a multiple Presidents Club Winner & yearly quota buster and always in the top 10 for gross sales.
Skills
- Customer focused
- Self Motivated
- Skilled multi tasker
- Strategic thinker
- Professional persistence
- Excellent communicator
- Relationship seller
- Goal orientated
- Problem-solving
- Reliability
- Attention to detail
- Relationship building
- Adaptability and flexibility
Timeline
Certified Business Performance Advisor
Insperity
04.2017 - Current
Territory Manager
Cork Medical
01.2016 - 01.2017
Key Account Executive
YP/AT&T - SBC Communications - Ameritech
01.1994 - 01.2016