Robin Hooker

Director Marketing, Healthcare Sector UPS

Robin Hooker is responsible for developing and executing UPS’s healthcare market strategy to serve the unique logistics needs of the life science sector focusing on creating special capabilities and solutions that bring value to the healthcare supply chain.

Hooker and his team formulate logistics solutions designed to serve manufacturers, distributors, providers, labs and clinical research organizations as well as dispensers and specialty pharmacies to leverage UPS’s healthcare logistics expertise to meet regulatory, product protection, and efficiency goals. Hooker focuses on solutions that leverage UPS’s expanding logistics and distribution network, technology, inventory management and expertise in handling sensitive healthcare products while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Hooker also coordinates the high growth initiatives within the sector and guides development of special capabilities that support the unique needs of the In Vitro Diagnostic, Specimen Logistics, Bio Pharma and Implantable Device sub-sectors.

Prior to his current assignment, Hooker served as Director, of Healthcare Marketing and Director of Global Strategy, Healthcare Logistics, where he coordinated the UPS Pain in the Chain Survey which focused on the top issues, strategies and insights facing healthcare supply chain executives. In addition to being involved in producing the UPS Healthcare Forum, he also shaped UPS’s ongoing healthcare logistics strategy. Hooker held previous positions in Marketing and Finance for UPS in Dallas, Nashville, Seattle, and Sacramento where he started his career.

Hooker has been with UPS for over 29 years and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from California State University Sacramento.