Do you want to help lead a multi-billion dollar organization’s IT transformation? Tri Star Energy is currently seeking an experienced, dedicated, and detailed Project Manager to join our Information Technology team at our Store Support Center in Nashville, TN. Tri Star Energy has been recognized as one of Nashville’s top workplaces for the last 5 years in a row and is continuing to build out an amazing team of high-impact professionals. If you are looking for an opportunity to be a part of building out a PMO, increase your visibility and impact across an enterprise, and deepen your cross-functional tactical, strategic, and transformational skill sets, we want you to join us to keep the streak alive! What We Have:

• Award winning culture of Energy, Integrity, Support, & Service
• Career Growth Opportunities & Mentorship
• Competitive Compensation & Bonus Structure
• Affordable Healthcare Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Credentialing Support & Ongoing Training
• HSA Contributions & Matching
• Generous PTO & Community Service Days
• Employee Discounts and Perks
• 401K Matching & Immediate Vesting

• Review and transformation of enterprise-wide Data / Analytics strategy
• Point of Sale and other guest-facing technology modernization
• Implementation of Self Check Out strategies, processes, and technology
• Ongoing enterprise-wide process optimization

Summary:The Project Manager manages cross-functional Enterprise project teams through all phases of projects, hardware, and systems development life cycle (SDLC). Uses project management methodology (PMBOK) and tools to ensure scope definition, requirements, and project objectives are on time and on budget. Communicates project status to the team through regularly scheduled status meetings. Works closely with all stakeholders in creating a Project Charter, ROI, project risk analysis, developing business process flow diagrams, creating project requirements, design specifications, testing, implementation, and post-assessment.Primary Responsibilities:

• Works closely with cross-functional departments (i.e. Marketing, Accounting/Finance, and Field Operations), management, vendors, and technical groups to develop project artifacts and understand business processes and workflows in both the C-store and fuel retail/wholesale and distribution arenas.
• Works closely with customers and application developers to document technical and functional business and system requirements.
• Assists application developers and infrastructure engineers in converting requirements to system specification documents.
• Provides presentations to executive management on new system proposals, business processes, project status, cost justification/business case.
• Mentors project team and business analysts on process workflows, project methodologies, and financial justification models.
• Assist in meeting expense and EBITDA goals for projects.
• Develops and manages innovative project plans and financial models to ensure maximum ROI/EBITDA, IRR, and payback period for all projects.
• Recommends and implements business, software, and technical solutions based on positive ROI/EBITDA, and IRR.
• Ensures new systems, updates, and enhancements meet all SOX and PCI requirements and include both as requirements in project planning. Includes audit and control as part of the project team.
• Creates project charter, statement of work, and initial cost/benefit justification for all projects.
• Completes process reviews to determine as-is and to-be workflows to be used as a foundation for system requirements and development.
• Manages and communicates project status through the entire project life cycle.
• Conducts regularly scheduled project status meetings and communicates results to the project team, customers, and stakeholders.
• Coordinates and oversees testing and implementation of all software and hardware projects. Ability to manage multiple platforms.
• Develops guidelines for measuring project success and communicates to project team, customers, and senior management.
• Manages and mentors project team members through all project phases.
• Tracks resource usage and timelines during all phases of the project life cycle using MS Project.
• Ensures documentation is completed and made available to the customer base before implementation.
• Assists developers with application architecture and coding (standards) on multiple platforms.
• Seeks feedback from the project team, customers, and senior management on areas for improvement as part of post-implementation.
• Completes technical training required to support existing technology.
• Stays abreast of technology updates in Point of Sale, C-store, fuel, and business arena.
• Develops soft and interpersonal skills to lead and manage cross-functional business and development teams.
• Mentors and develops other project leaders. Versed in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Assists the development team with application architecture and infrastructure improvements and implementation.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8 years experience as an IT project leader, ideally in an Agile environment.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Prior experience leading software development, hardware, and cross-departmental enterprise-level projects.
• Strong data analytics and data management orientation, ideally with experience as a Business Analyst building financial justifications, cost/benefit analyses, and business cases.
• Experience with MS Project and MS Sharepoint.
• Excellent attention to detail, follow-up, and delivery focus.
• Or any equivalent combination of education and experience in job-related activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the Retail, Point of Sale (POS), Payments, Food Service, Restaurant, Hospitality, or Fuel industries.
• Experience leading Data/BI Projects.

About Us:Tri Star Energy is a growing, local, family-owned company with nearly two thousand employees and 160 locations, based in Nashville, TN. With Wholesale, Commercial, and Retail Convenience Store services, we are the Mid-State’s premier convenience retailer and one of the leading fuel providers in the Southeast. Tri Star Energy has been recognized as one of Nashville’s top workplaces for the last 5 years in a row. Our retail brands, Twice Daily, Sudden Service, and White Bison are well known throughout the region as providing a differentiated food and fuel experience that is second to none for our #1 priority; our Guests.Tri Star Energy’s mission is “To build lasting relationships by serving our community.” Our people are driven by our core values: Strive for Balance, Expect Achievement, Be a Servant Leader, Have Integrity, and Be Committed. Join our awesome team today and be a part of setting a new bar for an industry on the rise! Tri Star Energy is an equal opportunity employer and hires without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics, or any other category protected under applicable law.

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