Sales Jobs at Ashley Stewart with Visa Sponsorship
Ashley Stewart hires for Sales roles across its retail locations, with positions ranging from store-level associates to regional sales leadership. The company has a track record of sponsoring work visas for qualified candidates, making it a viable target if you're on OPT, CPT, H-1B, or TN status and building a retail career in the U.S.
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Position Overview:
The Store Manager is responsible for the overall management and execution of operational and management functions designed to maximize sales and profitability within an assigned store location. All positions assigned to work at the designated store location report to the Store Manager.
Major Responsibilities and/or Essential Functions
Driving Sales
- Act as a true business owner
- Drive sales to achieve and exceed financial plan
- Evaluates the business and takes proactive steps to improve results
- Set and monitor store goals (individual, daily, weekly)
- Manage store expenses
- Ensure all funds and merchandise are handled according to Company policy and procedure
- Maintain final report accountability for store operations, associate development and financial contribution
- Effectively manage merchandise
Marketing Initiatives
- Utilizes social media to drive traffic to stores for events, recruiting and generation of traffic
- Schedule a minimum of 1 grass-root event per quarter
- Drive PLCC and email capture
- Constantly building relationships with community, churches and retailers
Customer Experience
- Provide an exceptional customer service experience to all customers
- Properly zone store for optimum selling and customer experience
- Serve as product knowledge expert to educate customers and Associates
- Hold all Associates accountable for product knowledge including features and benefits
- Successfully model the Company values; hold all Associates accountable to do the same
- Develop staff to ensure exceptional customer service through Customer Experience
Operations
- Ensure all Company policies and procedures are effectively communicated to Associates and maintained and followed in a consistent manner. Follows all guidelines outlined in the Policy and Procedures Manual to create and maintain a safe and pleasant environment for customers and Associates
- Organize work throughout the store in a manner that facilitates efficient customer service and profitable operation
- Maintain a consistent level of service to the customer by ensuring all store staffing requirements
- Process payroll in an accurate and timely manner
- Execute merchandise displays and visuals to enhance the Brand
- Place supply orders and monitor store inventory levels
Team Development
- Responsible for the recruitment, interviewing and hiring and new hire orientation for Associates in your store
- Train and develop Associates to ensure bench strength, career paths and succession
- Expect and encourage full participation from Associates in meeting store goals and developing plans to do so
- Conduct Take 5’s to ensure all Associates are updated on daily Company and store communications
- Hold all Associates accountable to Ashley Stewart’s policies and procedures through coaching/counseling, coaching moments and on-going feedback
- Resolve Associate complaints and concerns, provides ongoing performance feedback, conducts formal performance and salary reviews and counsels Associates when necessary
- Partner with DSM and HR on all training and developmental needs
- Partner with DSM and HR on disciplinary actions, coaching conversations and performance management
- Effectively manage time for self and Associates
Knowledge, Skills, & Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent (Associate Degree or higher preferred)
- Minimum of 4 years prior retail management experience with at least 2 years experience as a Store Manager
- Work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings
- Demonstrates drive and high level of initiative and willingness to be accountable; shows passion for the product and our business
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, associates, supervisors and Corporate Office partners, both orally and in writing
- Experience recruiting, training, coaching & developing store associates
- Ability to successfully merchandise the store to drive sales
- Detail oriented with proven ability to prioritize initiatives and meet deadlines
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to apply retail math skills
- Excellent computer skills and ability to use a POS system
Essential Work Requirements: This position requires the ability to:
- Ability to lift 30 lbs, pushing, pulling, bending and stretching frequently
- Stand for periods of 8 – 10 hours a day
- Use ladders or other equipment, for the purpose of store and merchandising maintenance
- Work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings
- Minimal travel may be required, e.g. district meetings, banking duties
Interaction; (peer, supervisor, direct reports)
- Daily interaction across all divisions/levels
Organization Chart (reports to)
- DSM
Other Any additional information not covered above
Brand Overview:
Ashley Stewart was founded in 1991. Beginning with the first store in Brooklyn, New York, the Ashley Stewart brand captured the hearts and minds of women searching for fashion-forward, well-tailored but affordable clothing in an easily accessible and welcoming environment.
Today, our customers are able to shop the brand in retail stores across the United States and on-line through our website. The website has enabled Ashley Stewart to grow internationally and customers are now able to interact with fellow customers across many different forms of social media. Ashley Stewart will continue to deliver fashion forward style and flattering fit for the trend-savvy, curvy and confident woman.
Our Philosophy:
We believe in a set of core values grounded in fair play, hard work, teamwork and integrity. We believe that success comes from a group of people planning and executing in unison each and every day. We believe that Ashley Stewart exists solely because our customers trust and believe in what the brand stands for. Ashley Stewart stands for confidence, self-esteem, sexiness, class, and sisterhood. Everything we do as a Company is for our customer. Our customer looks at each and every employee as if she/he is Ashley Stewart, a trusted confidante and best friend. Ashley Stewart is as much about a shopping experience, whether it is in the stores or on-line, as it is about merchandise. Ashley Stewart stands for confidence and acceptance.
Essential Functions
A job function should be considered essential if: (1) the position exists to perform that function, or (2) there are a limited number of available employees among whom the function can be distributed, or (3) the function is so highly specialized that the incumbent in the position was hired for their ability to perform that function.
Disclaimer
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an all-inclusive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Position Summary
Position Overview:
The Store Manager is responsible for the overall management and execution of operational and management functions designed to maximize sales and profitability within an assigned store location. All positions assigned to work at the designated store location report to the Store Manager.
Major Responsibilities and/or Essential Functions
Driving Sales
- Act as a true business owner
- Drive sales to achieve and exceed financial plan
- Evaluates the business and takes proactive steps to improve results
- Set and monitor store goals (individual, daily, weekly)
- Manage store expenses
- Ensure all funds and merchandise are handled according to Company policy and procedure
- Maintain final report accountability for store operations, associate development and financial contribution
- Effectively manage merchandise
Marketing Initiatives
- Utilizes social media to drive traffic to stores for events, recruiting and generation of traffic
- Schedule a minimum of 1 grass-root event per quarter
- Drive PLCC and email capture
- Constantly building relationships with community, churches and retailers
Customer Experience
- Provide an exceptional customer service experience to all customers
- Properly zone store for optimum selling and customer experience
- Serve as product knowledge expert to educate customers and Associates
- Hold all Associates accountable for product knowledge including features and benefits
- Successfully model the Company values; hold all Associates accountable to do the same
- Develop staff to ensure exceptional customer service through Customer Experience
Operations
- Ensure all Company policies and procedures are effectively communicated to Associates and maintained and followed in a consistent manner. Follows all guidelines outlined in the Policy and Procedures Manual to create and maintain a safe and pleasant environment for customers and Associates
- Organize work throughout the store in a manner that facilitates efficient customer service and profitable operation
- Maintain a consistent level of service to the customer by ensuring all store staffing requirements
- Process payroll in an accurate and timely manner
- Execute merchandise displays and visuals to enhance the Brand
- Place supply orders and monitor store inventory levels
Team Development
- Responsible for the recruitment, interviewing and hiring and new hire orientation for Associates in your store
- Train and develop Associates to ensure bench strength, career paths and succession
- Expect and encourage full participation from Associates in meeting store goals and developing plans to do so
- Conduct Take 5’s to ensure all Associates are updated on daily Company and store communications
- Hold all Associates accountable to Ashley Stewart’s policies and procedures through coaching/counseling, coaching moments and on-going feedback
- Resolve Associate complaints and concerns, provides ongoing performance feedback, conducts formal performance and salary reviews and counsels Associates when necessary
- Partner with DSM and HR on all training and developmental needs
- Partner with DSM and HR on disciplinary actions, coaching conversations and performance management
- Effectively manage time for self and Associates
Knowledge, Skills, & Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent (Associate Degree or higher preferred)
- Minimum of 4 years prior retail management experience with at least 2 years experience as a Store Manager
- Work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings
- Demonstrates drive and high level of initiative and willingness to be accountable; shows passion for the product and our business
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, associates, supervisors and Corporate Office partners, both orally and in writing
- Experience recruiting, training, coaching & developing store associates
- Ability to successfully merchandise the store to drive sales
- Detail oriented with proven ability to prioritize initiatives and meet deadlines
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to apply retail math skills
- Excellent computer skills and ability to use a POS system
Essential Work Requirements: This position requires the ability to:
- Ability to lift 30 lbs, pushing, pulling, bending and stretching frequently
- Stand for periods of 8 – 10 hours a day
- Use ladders or other equipment, for the purpose of store and merchandising maintenance
- Work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings
- Minimal travel may be required, e.g. district meetings, banking duties
Interaction; (peer, supervisor, direct reports)
- Daily interaction across all divisions/levels
Organization Chart (reports to)
- DSM
Other Any additional information not covered above
Brand Overview:
Ashley Stewart was founded in 1991. Beginning with the first store in Brooklyn, New York, the Ashley Stewart brand captured the hearts and minds of women searching for fashion-forward, well-tailored but affordable clothing in an easily accessible and welcoming environment.
Today, our customers are able to shop the brand in retail stores across the United States and on-line through our website. The website has enabled Ashley Stewart to grow internationally and customers are now able to interact with fellow customers across many different forms of social media. Ashley Stewart will continue to deliver fashion forward style and flattering fit for the trend-savvy, curvy and confident woman.
Our Philosophy:
We believe in a set of core values grounded in fair play, hard work, teamwork and integrity. We believe that success comes from a group of people planning and executing in unison each and every day. We believe that Ashley Stewart exists solely because our customers trust and believe in what the brand stands for. Ashley Stewart stands for confidence, self-esteem, sexiness, class, and sisterhood. Everything we do as a Company is for our customer. Our customer looks at each and every employee as if she/he is Ashley Stewart, a trusted confidante and best friend. Ashley Stewart is as much about a shopping experience, whether it is in the stores or on-line, as it is about merchandise. Ashley Stewart stands for confidence and acceptance.
Essential Functions
A job function should be considered essential if: (1) the position exists to perform that function, or (2) there are a limited number of available employees among whom the function can be distributed, or (3) the function is so highly specialized that the incumbent in the position was hired for their ability to perform that function.
Disclaimer
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an all-inclusive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Sales Jobs at Ashley Stewart Jobs
Tailor your resume to retail sales metrics
Ashley Stewart prioritizes candidates who can demonstrate sales floor performance. Quantify your results with conversion rates, units per transaction, or clienteling outcomes. Retail hiring managers scan for these signals fast, so surface them in your first bullet per role.
Target stores in H-1B-friendly metro markets
Ashley Stewart locations cluster in urban and suburban markets with strong immigrant workforces. Applying to stores in those markets increases your odds of reaching a hiring manager familiar with sponsorship processes, since store-level managers often influence whether HR pursues a petition.
Verify your OPT timeline before applying
If you're on F-1 OPT, map your end date against Ashley Stewart's typical hiring cycle. Retail hiring can move in weeks, but USCIS H-1B cap-subject petitions only have one annual filing window, so a misaligned timeline can leave you without status before a petition is approved.
Ask HR directly about their LCA filing process
Before accepting an offer, ask whether Ashley Stewart's HR team files the Labor Condition Application internally or through outside counsel. Knowing this tells you how experienced the team is with DOL requirements and how quickly the process is likely to move after you sign.
Use Migrate Mate to filter open Sales roles by visa type
Browsing Ashley Stewart's Sales openings by the visa types they've sponsored narrows your search to positions where sponsorship is genuinely on the table. Migrate Mate lets you filter specifically for this, saving you the guesswork of cold-applying and waiting to hear back about eligibility.
Understand TN status if you hold Canadian or Mexican citizenship
TN visas don't require a USCIS petition and can be processed at the border or port of entry, making them faster than H-1B. If you qualify, flag this to Ashley Stewart's recruiter early since it removes lottery uncertainty and simplifies their internal approval process significantly.
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Find Sales at Ashley Stewart JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Ashley Stewart sponsor H-1B visas for Sales roles?
Yes, Ashley Stewart has sponsored H-1B visas for Sales positions. Because cap-subject H-1B petitions are tied to the annual lottery, timing your application and offer around the USCIS filing window in early April is critical. Roles at the associate and management level have both been supported, though sponsorship decisions are made case by case.
How do I apply for Sales jobs at Ashley Stewart?
You can search and apply through Ashley Stewart's careers page or browse open Sales roles filtered by visa sponsorship eligibility on Migrate Mate. When applying, note your visa status clearly in any recruiter communication. Ashley Stewart's retail hiring tends to move quickly, so following up within a week of submitting your application is a practical step.
Which visa types are commonly used for Sales roles at Ashley Stewart?
Ashley Stewart has supported H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, and TN visas for Sales roles. F-1 OPT and CPT are common entry points for recent graduates, allowing you to start working while a longer-term sponsorship path is evaluated. TN is available to Canadian and Mexican citizens in qualifying roles and can be arranged without a USCIS petition.
What qualifications and experience does Ashley Stewart expect for Sales roles?
Ashley Stewart looks for candidates with direct retail or customer-facing sales experience, comfort working on a commission or performance-based floor, and familiarity with the brand's core customer base. For management-level Sales roles, experience driving store KPIs and leading small teams is expected. A degree is not always required, but demonstrated sales performance is.
How do I time my application around the H-1B filing window?
USCIS opens H-1B registration each March for an April 1 start date. To meet that window, you need an offer letter and a prepared petition well before March. Start targeting Ashley Stewart Sales roles in the fall or early winter so there's enough lead time for HR to process your paperwork and submit registration before the deadline closes.
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