Advanced Specialist, Fuel Insights
Pilot Company is an industry-leading network of travel centers with more than 30,000 team members and over 750 retail and fueling locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces. Our energy and logistics division serves as a top supplier of fuel, employing one of the largest tanker fleets and providing critical services to oil operations in our nation's busiest basins. Pilot Company supports a growing portfolio of brands with expertise in supply chain and retail operations, logistics and transportation, technology and digital innovation, construction, maintenance, human resources, finance, sales and marketing.
Founded in 1958 by Jim A. Haslam II and currently led by CEO Adam Wright, our founding values, people-first culture and commitment to giving back remains true to us today. Whether we are serving guests, a fellow team member, or a trucking company, we are dedicated to fueling people and keeping North America moving.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Military encouraged to apply.
The purpose of this job is to evaluate and recommend petroleum pricing strategies with a focus on leveraging advanced data models and analytics to achieve the optimal fuel profit strategy. The strategic focus will center on evaluating current fuel outcomes and pricing strategies, assessing the competitive landscape, forecasting market trends, monitoring in-depth customer and location performance.
Essential Functions
1. Assess and analyze the petroleum performance of current pricing strategies.
2. Identify opportunities and solve complex business problems across the organization to grow profit and increase efficiencies – with particular emphasis on fuel pricing strategies, network design, and future development.
3. Support data science and analytics through thought partnership, sharing of ideas, feedback communication, and translation.
4. Communicate solutions, insights, and roadmap with executive leadership and key business stakeholders.
5. Collaborate with internal customers including Sales, Pricing, Energy, Construction, Store Modernization and IT to help drive the success of various fuel centric initiatives across the company
6. Model behaviors that support the company’s common purpose; ensure guests and team members are supported at the highest level
7. Ensure all activities are in compliance with rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
8. Complete other duties as assigned
• Bachelor’s degree required with business, analytics, mathematics or science fields
• Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of industry or strategist experience and/or combination of education and experience.
Specialized Knowledge
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills required
• Tableau, GIS, and other analysis or visualization tool expertise preferred
• Python, R and other coding languages a plus
Competencies
• Ability to anticipate stakeholder needs and expected follow-up, combined with working collaboratively to meet those needs
• Tech savvy leader with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Foster a culture of commercial thinking, strong teamwork, and problem solving
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking and execution, and critical thinking skills
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy
• Operate in a fast paced, complex environment with little to no supervision
• Ability to take initiative, accomplish goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Seeks feedback and works as thought partner to align team on common goals
• Ability to reach common ground between multiple groups or departments
Travel
Travel required up to 10%
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions
• General office work requiring sitting or standing for long periods of time, including on airplanes and in cars
