Kimberly Hooker
Ridgeland
Summary
To secure a position in the healthcare industry requiring an energetic individual committed to excellence.
Hardworking and dedicated team player with excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Known for personable demeanor and determined attitude.
Client-focused Pharmaceutical Sales Representative and Wellness director with 15 years of providing solutions to practitioners and patients. Consistently meets and exceeds sales goals.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Wellness Director
Blackledge Face Center
05.2018 - Current
- Helped clients set and achieve health and wellness goals.
- Coordinated marketing efforts to promote fitness and wellness objectives and drive business.
- Met or exceeded monthly revenue and achieved one of the top performers in the southeast for CoolSculpting and Emsculpt Neo.
- Collaborated with health and esthetic companies to offer additional options to achieve wellness goals.
- Provided individualized assessments, program designs and nutrition counseling services.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Reformer Pilates Instructor
Pilates Studio of Jackson and Ridgeland
03.2007 - Current
- Earned Certifications in Reformer I, Reformer II, Reformer III, Tower and Barre Method from Leslee Bender Trainings.
- Instruct seven to ten group pilates classes per week along with ten to fifteen private lessons.
Direct Sales Experience
Rodan and Fields Dermatology
04.2010 - 12.2017
- Promoted Rodan and Fields Skincare Products across many states including Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama.
- Achieved Level V by July 2012.
- Won Award Trip to San Francisco and Sonoma Valley in October 2012.
Part-time Account Sales Executive
Mississippi Christian Living Magazine
11.2014 - 11.2016
- Responsible for selling ads to hospitals, clinics, retail shops, car dealers and colleges in the Jackson area.
- Increased sales from nothing to 10-12 ads per month on a part-time basis.
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Searle/Pharmacia/Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Jackson, MS
03.2000 - 01.2007
- Promoted the prescribed calcium channel blocker, Covera HS to internists, family practice physicians, and cardiologists.
- Promoted the prescribed Ambien (for sleep) to family practice, internal medicine, and psychiatrists.
- Promoted Arthrotec (for arthritis) to family practice, internal medicine and rheumatologists.
- Promoted block buster drug, Celebrex (first cox 2 inhibitor for arthritis) to family practice, internal medicine, rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons.
- Launched and promoted Bextra (cox 2 inhibitor for arthritis) to family practice, internal medicine, rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, and pain management physicians.
- Awarded stock options in 2001 based on top market share performance for Celebrex.
- Conducted many educational dinner programs to help educate doctors and healthcare professionals on products.
- Promoted Detrol LA (for over active bladder) to family practice, internal medicine doctors and urologists.
- Promoted Axert (for migraines) to neurologists, family practice and internal medicine physicians.
- Successfully launched Lyrica (for peripheral neuropathy) to family practice, internal medicine and rheumatologists.
- Received “Excellent” performance review ratings during my tenure.
- Worked with managed care and formulary committees.
- Responsible for territory including the greater Jackson area, Vicksburg and the Mississippi Delta.
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Ventiv Health U.S. Sales
01.2000 - 03.2000
- Responsible for territory that included Jackson and the Mississippi Delta.
- Successfully completed training for the Aciphex contract with Janssen pharmaceuticals.
- Promoted Aciphex to primary care and internal medicine doctors.
Registered Dietitian
Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Clinical dietitian specializing in diabetes, weight loss, and infectious disease population.
- Conducted hospital and local business seminars on diets that are related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and weight management.
- Participated in local and statewide health/hospital trade shows.
- Conducted in-services hospital wide for all new nutritional products and nutrition related operations within Baptist facilities.
- Responsible for educating patients on prescribed diets, calculating tube feedings, and assessing patients needs.
- Member of policy and procedure board.
- Supervise dietetic interns in diabetes and general medicine rotations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Dietetics Institutional Management
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MississippiDietetic Internship - undefined
St. Dominic Memorial Hospital
Jackson, MississippiSkills
- Physician relations
- Sales performance & customer relationship management
- Negotiation
- Business growth and retention
- Goal oriented
- Pharmaceutical sales techniques
- Self-motivated
- Flexibility
Timeline
Wellness Director
Blackledge Face Center
05.2018 - Current
Part-time Account Sales Executive
Mississippi Christian Living Magazine
11.2014 - 11.2016
Direct Sales Experience
Rodan and Fields Dermatology
04.2010 - 12.2017
Reformer Pilates Instructor
Pilates Studio of Jackson and Ridgeland
03.2007 - Current
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Searle/Pharmacia/Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Jackson, MS
03.2000 - 01.2007
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Ventiv Health U.S. Sales
01.2000 - 03.2000
Registered Dietitian
Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS
01.1998 - 01.2000
Dietetic Internship - undefined
St. Dominic Memorial Hospital
Bachelor of Science - Dietetics Institutional Management
University of Mississippi