Merchandise Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Racine (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Merchandise Manager in Racine, Wisconsin. This full-time role offers ownership of merchandising projects, collaboration with a team, and a path toward senior responsibility within a mission-driven environment.

Expect to lead initiatives, ensure timely delivery, and align cross-functional partners while maintaining safety and quality standards in a dynamic healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.
• Diplomacy to align stakeholders with differing views.
• Comfort presenting to a WI-wide audience without a script.
• Accountability for a wildly-collaborative outcome in a full-time role.

Responsibilities

• Leave every general system a little better than you found it.
• Step in on additional duties that support the wider Kaiser Permanente mission.
• Keep the full-time schedule realistic when everyone wants everything yesterday.
• Own the boring middle of a project, not just the kickoff.
• Identify gaps in current procedures and recommend fixes.
• Partner with peers to troubleshoot issues and share practical knowledge.
• Follow safety protocols and best practices at all times.
• Keep manager expectations grounded in what the full-time role can deliver.

Skills

Judgment

Diplomacy

Public speaking

Accountability

Deadline pressure

Detail-oriented

Job description

Picture your first ninety days as a Merchandise Manager at Kaiser Permanente: real ownership, Creativity at the center, and a team in Racine, WI ready to back you. Honestly, the draw is the ownership: $85,000 - $141,000 and full-time hours come standard, but the general reins are the real prize.

Key Responsibilities

• Leave every general system a little better than you found it
• Step in on additional duties that support the wider Kaiser Permanente mission
• Keep the full-time schedule realistic when everyone wants everything yesterday
• Own the boring middle of a project, not just the kickoff
• Identify gaps in current procedures and recommend workable fixes
• Partner with peers to troubleshoot issues and share practical knowledge
• Follow safety protocols and best practices at all times
• Keep manager expectations grounded in what the full-time role can deliver

What You'll Bring

• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• Comfort presenting to a WI-wide audience without a script
• Comfort being accountable for a wildly-collaborative outcome in a full-time role
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Racine, WI deadlines bring
• Track record that proves you can detail-focused ship under deadline pressure

Equal parts laboratory and workshop, Kaiser Permanente builds mentorship-focused general products that hold up far beyond the borders of Racine, WI. Our Racine office prizes the quiet contributor who makes everyone around them measurably better.

Compensation lands at $85,000 - $141,000, mentorship is built in, and the path from here to senior general work is mapped, not vague.

This posting reflects an open need we are working to close this quarter.