Samantha Reynolds

I started at Milliken when I was young, getting a job in our corporate office working on a very specific section of floor covering called Walk Off. Everyone thinks it's such a small piece of the puzzle, but I found a product that I fell in love with. I had a boss who was a really good mentor for me, helping educate me not just in the floor covering world, but also on how to navigate internal politics and climbing the ladder. About a year into it, I decided I wanted to do what he was doing, but by the time I was a certain age. I worked really hard getting specialized in a product we offered called Obex, and definitely faced a lot of challenges being involved with upper management and working through different rebrands. Since I started in 2024, we grew 30% every year. I was able to take over his job and beat my time limit, and he became our global manager so we still got to work together. Becoming a specialist in that particular field was really how I got my start at Milliken and understanding the floor covering world and how it impacts the space so much. Now I represent the Charlotte area of North Carolina and the upstate of South Carolina, working with architects, designers, flooring contractors on projects in education, public spaces, offices, and national accounts.