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Shopper jobs with green card sponsorship exist across retail, grocery, and personal shopping sectors, where employers sponsor foreign workers through PERM labor certification and I-140 petitions. EB-3 skilled worker is the most common category for this role, leading to lawful permanent residency rather than temporary status.
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Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.
Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.
THE ROLE
The Associate Manager, Shopper Based Design (SBD) manages retail merchandising projects from brief through in-store execution, delivering on time, within budget and to customer standards. The role focuses on OPI and supports the broader Retail Hair, OPI and Prosumer (RHOP) portfolio, including Retail Hair brands such as Clairol, Clairol Professional, and Wella Color Charm. Working with SBD colleagues who lead visual merchandising, channel Trade Marketing, Field Sales and Finance, this person turns agreed plans into clear actions and coordinates vendors, merchandisers and customer partners to deliver them.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Planning and Merchandising Execution
- Own integrated project plans, critical milestones, dependencies, approvals and delivery dates across simultaneous projects. Identify what is needed from whom and by when; follow through to completion and keep priorities and project status current.
- Coordinate permanent fixtures, temporary displays, planograms, artwork, replacement parts and maintenance with SBD leads and vendors. Check specifications, retailer requirements and approvals before production and installation.
Vendor and Merchandiser Management
- Brief and manage external vendors from scope and quotes through production, delivery and issue resolution. Set clear expectations for quality, cost and timing; track performance and coordinate with Procurement on required sourcing and approvals.
- Coordinate external merchandisers and installation partners, including store lists, schedules, instructions, training materials and completion reporting. Verify execution through photos or audits, resolve field issues and close outstanding work.
Customer and Internal Stakeholder Communication
- In partnership with Field Sales and customer leads, provide clear, timely customer updates on progress, milestones and hurdles. Explain impacts, recommend solutions and confirm decisions, responsibilities and next steps.
- Align SBD visual merchandising leads, Finance, channel Trade Marketing, Field Sales and other partners on inputs, deliverables and approvals. Establish working cadences, document decisions and escalate unresolved dependencies early.
Budget and Time Management
- Manage project budgets, quotes, purchase orders, invoices, accruals and forecasts with Finance. Track actuals and commitments against budget, explain variances and recommend corrective actions before overspend occurs.
- Anticipate risks and bring practical recommendations with cost and timing implications. Balance competing deadlines, communicate tradeoffs and create trackers, routines and processes where structure is missing.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Relevant experience. 3+ years of relevant retail merchandising, visual merchandising or project management experience, with direct responsibility for vendors, budgets and multiple concurrent projects.
- Visual merchandising background. Previous hands-on visual merchandising experience must be evident in the CV or resume, including delivery of fixtures, displays, retail resets or merchandising rollouts.
- Retail channel experience. Experience delivering projects for beauty specialty retailers such as Ulta Beauty or Sephora, and for Food, Drug and Mass (FDM) customers. Understand retailer calendars, approval processes and in-store execution requirements.
- Stakeholder skills and emotional intelligence. Build trust across functions and external partners; listen, adapt communication to the audience and handle competing needs or difficult conversations constructively. Influence delivery without direct reporting authority.
- Clear communication. Translate project detail into concise updates, recommendations and requests for decisions. Confidently explain what is on track, what is at risk, what is needed and the proposed path forward.
- Ownership and teamwork. Take a solution-oriented approach, follow through on commitments and collaborate toward shared outcomes. Create structure amid ambiguity, maintain an accurate view of project status and ask for help or escalate early when needed.
- Financial and organizational discipline. Demonstrated budget, prioritization and time management skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and project tracking tools.
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or a related discipline.
- Experience with retailer merchandising calendars, including the Ulta Beauty MTT calendar; planogram tools such as Space Planning, NexGen or Spaceman.
- Familiarity with vendor dielines, schematics, engineering drawings and artwork review; Adobe Illustrator experience is helpful.
- An interest in beauty is welcome but is not required.
COMPENSATION
- Pay Range: $75,000 - $98,000 salary per year. The range listed is just one component of Wella Company's total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonus plan or variable pay, depending on the role. In addition, Wella Company provides a rich variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
EEO OPPORTUNITIES
We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We strongly believe that cultivating a diverse workplace gives a company strength. The combination of unique skills, abilities, experiences and backgrounds creates an environment that produces extraordinary results. EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.
NOTICES
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please email NA.Recruiting@wella.com. This email account will not respond to inquiries regarding the status of a candidate’s application.
- [For CA located postings ONLY]: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- Wella participates in the E-Verify Program to confirm eligibility to work in the United States. Information regarding your rights: Know your rights and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.
LOCATION
Location: Calabasas, CA (Hybrid)
INTRODUCTION
Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.
Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.
THE ROLE
The Associate Manager, Shopper Based Design (SBD) manages retail merchandising projects from brief through in-store execution, delivering on time, within budget and to customer standards. The role focuses on OPI and supports the broader Retail Hair, OPI and Prosumer (RHOP) portfolio, including Retail Hair brands such as Clairol, Clairol Professional, and Wella Color Charm. Working with SBD colleagues who lead visual merchandising, channel Trade Marketing, Field Sales and Finance, this person turns agreed plans into clear actions and coordinates vendors, merchandisers and customer partners to deliver them.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Planning and Merchandising Execution
- Own integrated project plans, critical milestones, dependencies, approvals and delivery dates across simultaneous projects. Identify what is needed from whom and by when; follow through to completion and keep priorities and project status current.
- Coordinate permanent fixtures, temporary displays, planograms, artwork, replacement parts and maintenance with SBD leads and vendors. Check specifications, retailer requirements and approvals before production and installation.
Vendor and Merchandiser Management
- Brief and manage external vendors from scope and quotes through production, delivery and issue resolution. Set clear expectations for quality, cost and timing; track performance and coordinate with Procurement on required sourcing and approvals.
- Coordinate external merchandisers and installation partners, including store lists, schedules, instructions, training materials and completion reporting. Verify execution through photos or audits, resolve field issues and close outstanding work.
Customer and Internal Stakeholder Communication
- In partnership with Field Sales and customer leads, provide clear, timely customer updates on progress, milestones and hurdles. Explain impacts, recommend solutions and confirm decisions, responsibilities and next steps.
- Align SBD visual merchandising leads, Finance, channel Trade Marketing, Field Sales and other partners on inputs, deliverables and approvals. Establish working cadences, document decisions and escalate unresolved dependencies early.
Budget and Time Management
- Manage project budgets, quotes, purchase orders, invoices, accruals and forecasts with Finance. Track actuals and commitments against budget, explain variances and recommend corrective actions before overspend occurs.
- Anticipate risks and bring practical recommendations with cost and timing implications. Balance competing deadlines, communicate tradeoffs and create trackers, routines and processes where structure is missing.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Relevant experience. 3+ years of relevant retail merchandising, visual merchandising or project management experience, with direct responsibility for vendors, budgets and multiple concurrent projects.
- Visual merchandising background. Previous hands-on visual merchandising experience must be evident in the CV or resume, including delivery of fixtures, displays, retail resets or merchandising rollouts.
- Retail channel experience. Experience delivering projects for beauty specialty retailers such as Ulta Beauty or Sephora, and for Food, Drug and Mass (FDM) customers. Understand retailer calendars, approval processes and in-store execution requirements.
- Stakeholder skills and emotional intelligence. Build trust across functions and external partners; listen, adapt communication to the audience and handle competing needs or difficult conversations constructively. Influence delivery without direct reporting authority.
- Clear communication. Translate project detail into concise updates, recommendations and requests for decisions. Confidently explain what is on track, what is at risk, what is needed and the proposed path forward.
- Ownership and teamwork. Take a solution-oriented approach, follow through on commitments and collaborate toward shared outcomes. Create structure amid ambiguity, maintain an accurate view of project status and ask for help or escalate early when needed.
- Financial and organizational discipline. Demonstrated budget, prioritization and time management skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and project tracking tools.
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or a related discipline.
- Experience with retailer merchandising calendars, including the Ulta Beauty MTT calendar; planogram tools such as Space Planning, NexGen or Spaceman.
- Familiarity with vendor dielines, schematics, engineering drawings and artwork review; Adobe Illustrator experience is helpful.
- An interest in beauty is welcome but is not required.
COMPENSATION
- Pay Range: $75,000 - $98,000 salary per year. The range listed is just one component of Wella Company's total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonus plan or variable pay, depending on the role. In addition, Wella Company provides a rich variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
EEO OPPORTUNITIES
We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We strongly believe that cultivating a diverse workplace gives a company strength. The combination of unique skills, abilities, experiences and backgrounds creates an environment that produces extraordinary results. EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.
NOTICES
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please email NA.Recruiting@wella.com. This email account will not respond to inquiries regarding the status of a candidate’s application.
- [For CA located postings ONLY]: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- Wella participates in the E-Verify Program to confirm eligibility to work in the United States. Information regarding your rights: Know your rights and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.
LOCATION
Location: Calabasas, CA (Hybrid)
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Shopper
Document your shopping experience precisely
PERM requires your employer to prove you meet the minimum job requirements. Gather employment records, performance reviews, and supervisor letters that confirm your years of relevant shopping or retail experience to satisfy DOL's documentation standards.
Verify the prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL-determined prevailing wage for a Shopper role in your work location. Use OFLC Wage Search to look up the current rate by area before you negotiate, so you're not surprised during PERM filing.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers that have filed green card sponsorship cases for Shopper roles. Targeting employers with a documented PERM history saves time by focusing your applications where actual sponsorship precedent exists.
Understand the EB-3 category for your role
Most Shopper positions qualify under EB-3 skilled worker, which requires at least two years of experience or training. Confirm with any prospective employer that the job description meets this threshold before PERM recruitment begins.
Watch your priority date if you're from a backlogged country
Employment-based green cards have per-country limits. Nationals of India and China often face extended waits due to high demand. Check the monthly USCIS Visa Bulletin to track when your priority date becomes current so you can file I-485 on time.
Protect your place if you change jobs after I-485 filing
Once your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a new employer in the same or similar occupation without losing your priority date. Confirm the new Shopper role qualifies as similar before accepting.
Green Card Shopper: Frequently Asked Questions
Can a Shopper role qualify for employment-based green card sponsorship?
Yes. Many Shopper positions qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers, provided the job requires at least two years of training or experience. The employer must complete PERM labor certification with the Department of Labor, demonstrating that no qualified U.S. worker is available, before filing an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS on your behalf.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Shopper job?
Green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residency, not a temporary work status. The process involves PERM labor certification, an I-140 petition, and either adjustment of status or consular processing. There is no annual lottery. However, per-country limits mean nationals of high-demand countries may wait years for a visa number to become available, unlike the H-1B visa which has a fixed status period.
How long does the PERM process take for a Shopper role?
PERM involves a prevailing wage determination request to DOL followed by a mandatory recruitment period where the employer must advertise the Shopper position and document that no qualified U.S. workers applied. After recruitment, the employer files the ETA-9089 application. DOL processing times vary, and backlogs can extend the timeline significantly. USCIS then adjudicates the I-140 petition separately.
Where can I find employers who sponsor green cards for Shopper roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified green card sponsorship history for Shopper and related roles, searchable by location. Focusing on employers with prior PERM filings in this occupation increases your chances of finding a sponsor willing to invest in the full certification process rather than starting from scratch with an unfamiliar employer.
What happens to my green card case if I change employers mid-process?
If your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days and the original I-140 was approved, AC21 portability allows you to transfer your case to a new employer in the same or similar occupation without losing your priority date. If your I-485 hasn't reached 180 days, the new employer would need to restart PERM from the beginning, though an approved I-140 priority date may be retained under certain conditions.