ARMANDO LIMA PIMENTA
*** ****** **** ** • Derry, New Hampshire 03038
Email : ********@*****.*** • Phone : 603/275 3072
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
More than 25 years of professional experience in medical device service, technical training, customer support, sales support, training and service contract sales
Excellent technical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills.
Proven ability to establish a trustworthy relationship with customers
Company oriented, organized and thorough bringing high quality to achievements
Keen on transitioning back into the workforce after taking time off to raise a family WORK EXPERIENCE
Household Manager : 2014 to now
In addition to managing household:
Car maintenance and repair
Home machines and devices maintenance and repair
Electrical maintenance and repair
Regional Service Manager for Northern half of France: 2003 2013 CareFusion France (2008 present), Cardinal Health France (2004 2008), Alaris France (2003 2004)
Managed the full client portfolio and service business in my region bringing in additional income on service contracts, maintenance and spare parts
Tightened the links with older customers and created new ones becoming the point person of the company for biomedical departments
Promoted, sold, organized and lead technical trainings for biomedical departments in hospitals alone or in conjunction with device sales, motivating salesmen not to offer them
Promoted and trained students specializing in biomedical on the product lines allowing them to be familiar with the company’s trademarks for their future position
Supported and participated in sales field activities in close collaboration with salesmen, organizing technical presentations and sometimes taking the lead in the sales procedure
Managed the subcontracting partner responsible for maintenance, being their key company contact, verifying that all contracts were fulfilled on time, that maintenance was done following the company’s procedures, checking customer’s satisfaction, performing yearly inventory
Supported customer service in answering sales and maintenance call for tenders Field Service Engineer for Northern half of France: 2002 2003 Alaris France
Transitional year where the workshop was closed and the whole service strategy was revised
Developed further independence in work as there were no head of service
Managed and supported customers with the transition in my region, keeping them faithful to the company
Continued actively honoring and promoting service contracts on IVAC and IMED perfusion pumps and syringe pumps
Workshop Service Engineer: 1997 2002
Alaris France
Managed service contracts to guarantee that they would be fulfilled on time and to successfully motivate customers to extend their contract
Organized, led and performed on site maintenance resulting in establishing a trustworthy relationship and broadening my knowledge in clinical workflow and physiology
Performed maintenance on IVAC and IMED perfusion pumps and syringe pumps
Managed and ordered spare parts
Workshop Service Engineer: 1986 1988 and 1989 1997 Lilly France
Performed maintenance on various type of devices, improving my competencies in electronics: o IVAC and IMED perfusion pumps and syringe pumps
o Physio Control cardiac monitors and defibrillators
Managed and ordered spare parts requiring to be very thorough
Participated in on site maintenance with senior colleagues allowing to become knowledgeable in the biomedical and clinical world
EDUCATION
1985: electro mechanical CAP (certificate of vocational competency) in Suresnes (France) SPECIAL SKILLS
Computer skills: Microsoft Office tools, SAP
Languages:
French: native language
Portuguese: fluent
English: good
Sales training
SPIN
WICS (complex sales)
Military Service: 04/1988 03/1989
Sergeant in an engineering regiment in Trier in Germany In charge of 25 men working on traversing terrains