Project Manager -Marketing Operations

Overview

Mid-States Distributing is the leading Farm, Ranch, and Home Retail Organization. Our 71+ year old company is owned by 29 independent Farm, Ranch & Home retailers (“Members”) who operate approximately 700 stores across the US and Canada with combined annual sales in excess of 7.5 billion dollars. Our member/owners retail items such as agriculture parts & supplies, petroleum products, hardware & tools, pet food, lawn & garden, animal health supplies, apparel & footwear, sporting goods, and various other products for the Farm, Ranch, and Home.

We are looking for enthusiastic people who like to win! We place a tremendous amount of emphasis on creating a dynamic and positive company culture. Most of our employees will tell you that Mid-States is the best place they’ve ever worked. We value high-energy people with positive mental attitudes who believe in the concept of “serving to wow”! Our consumers are primarily rural people raising kids, pets, cows, and crops so traditional values like God, family, and patriotism are important virtues.

So, if you are enthusiastic, competitive, have a great attitude, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, like to build strong relationships, like to win, and refuse to eat meat grown in a lab – Mid-States may be the place for you! If you are not, please apply with our competitors!

The Project Manager for Marketing Operations is a mid-level role responsible for bringing structure, clarity, and accountability to the marketing workflow at Mid-States.

This position’s primary focus will be to build and optimize  as the central project management system for marketing and eventually for the full merchandising stage-gate process.

This role requires someone who is detail-obsessed, organized, personable, and comfortable working with many different personalities. The ideal candidate thrives in the middle of the action, stays calm under pressure, and can guide teams toward better, more efficient ways of working.

• Build, manage, and optimize  as the central workflow system for the marketing team.
• Manage project timelines, dependencies, status updates, and approvals across creative, brand, digital, and e-commerce teams.
• Track progress, flag risks early, and keep teams accountable to deadlines.
• Maintain clear project documentation and ensure all team members have accurate information.
• Run weekly marketing standups with clear priorities, updates, and next steps.
• Support asset routing and approval workflows for creative and content deliverables.
• Use AI tools to streamline processes, summarize information, and help organize data where helpful.

• Prepare to integrate the company-wide merchandising stage-gate process from Asana into
• Partner with category management, sourcing, accounting, and leadership teams as the system expands beyond marketing.
• Assist in building dashboards and reports that support leadership visibility and decision-making.
• Help create SOPs, workflow guides, and process documentation to support cross-functional adoption.

• Serve as the internal  expert and primary system administrator for marketing.
• Maintain structure, naming conventions, templates, boards, automations, and reporting tools.
• Identify inefficiencies in workflows and recommend improvements.
• Provide basic training and support for team members who are learning the system.
• Organize shared resources in SharePoint and other online resources for ease of access and version control.

• Work with multiple teams and personality types in a positive, professional, and collaborative way.
• Provide gentle but effective reminders that keep projects on track without creating friction.
• Protect timelines by communicating clearly, respectfully, and proactively.
• Maintain a friendly, fun, and steady demeanor even during high-volume work periods.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in project management, marketing operations, PMO support, or a similar role.
• Proficiency in  with the ability to build, optimize, and manage complex…