When it comes to planning, Anne Grogel has a few words of advice for you to consider: “If you want to be right all the time, you won’t like being a planner.” Being good at planning, she explains, means taking all the information you have available and doing your best to guess what will happen. … Continued
“What do you have without color?” asks Halleh Salami. It’s a question that you might find yourself thinking about a little differently after you learn about what she does. As a Colorist on SanMar’s Product Quality Assurance team, Halleh has a unique understanding of color and how it affects our lives and perceptions.
Branded merch does more than get your logo out into the world – it’s a vehicle for telling your story in memorable, meaningful ways. A conversation with a few SanMar salespeople revealed that they have plenty to say about why the promotional products industry is shifting from swag to merch.
Dan joined the SanMar family in 1997, leading a team of five salespeople. When talking about his time here, he describes it as “24 years of bliss,” attributing that feeling to all the little things that make up the time he spent working and bonding with colleagues. The team he leaves is larger, but the feeling is the same: “It’s good to be us.”
It’s undisputed. Company cultures that encourage all senses of belonging encourage growth and productivity. But we’re adopting strategies to meet milestones that touch the core of our organization — our people.
In her ten years at SanMar, Marissa Holman has developed a new career, formed meaningful relationships with both her colleagues and customers and started a family with her best friend. Her SanMar story features her secret superpower: listening.
Meet Iraj, a Shift Manager at SanMar’s distribution center in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Even though he’s loved every job he’s ever held, it’s the people and the culture at SanMar that get him excited to come to work every day. “What you have at SanMar,” he says, “you don’t have anywhere else.”