You can join a company that offers steady work with many opportunities to advance.
“ We are a stable, strong corporation that is going to be here,” said Tanya Hammock, Senior Human Resources Manager at Cintas.“ You can’ t outsource what we do.”
Cintas provides uniforms, entrance mats and other items to companies all over the country.
The Springdale location serves Northwest Arkansas and small portions of Oklahoma and Missouri.
“ We provide a service that the companies need,” Hammock said.“ It has to come from somewhere, why not from us.”
Osvaldo“ Oz” Figueroa, works as a Service Sales Representative. He runs a route, taking clean supplies to customers and picking up the dirty ones.
“ I get to interact with my customer,” Figueroa said.“ I deliver and pick up uniforms and mats. Part of my job is also to increase daily sales.”
Figueroa started as a loader and unloader in the Springdale plant. He pulled out dirty laundry, sorted it, and then loaded the truck with the next day’ s delivery. The dirty laundry would be processed, cleaned, sorted and mended, if needed.
After six months, Figueroa was promoted to an assistant service rep
16 and then to a full representative.
“ I love my job,” Figueroa said.“ I get to drive around, be outside and meet people.”
“ The service sales representatives are the face of Cintas to our customers,” Hammock said.
“ Judgment of the company is based on the service person,” Hammock said.“ Customers need to like them, and like talking to them.”
Figueroa likes to work with the customers, living up to their expectations.“ I want to stick with it and become a manager,” he said.
The company has 123 employees in the plant.
Of those, 40 are on the service team, and 65 are in the production facility. The remaining employees are office and sales staff. Starting pay for loaders and unloaders is $ 13.30 per hour with service rep jobs starting at $ 16 an hour.
“ We try to maintain our growth and promote from within,” Hammock said.“ We have a wide variety of positions. We have places wherever you would would want to go with your career.”