Manager, Travel - Raising Cane's
Plano, TX 75024
About the Job
At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers® we serve only the best tasting and most craveable chicken finger meals. It’s our ONE LOVE®. Our Crew make it happen, our Culture makes it unique and the Community makes it all worthwhile.
Every talented Crewmember in our Restaurant Support Office (RSO) is important to our success and a value to our rapidly growing Company. We all work with a sense of purpose and focus on our chicken finger meals, Customers, Crew, Communities and Company Culture. We are constantly striving to Raise The Bar. The future for Raising Cane’s is growth focused and we’re on the path to being one of the top 10 restaurant companies in the United States.
Your Role at Raising Cane’s:
The Travel Manager supports the overall success of the Founder of Raising Cane’s, one of the fastest growing restaurant companies in the country. This role reflects the core values and commitments of Raising Cane’s and projects those values onto all work projects and interactions with others. The ideal candidate demonstrates poise and strong interpersonal skills.
This role is responsible for booking Founder travel and logistical support both personal and business-related travel. The Travel and Logistics Manager must think critically, prioritize, and multi-task effectively to meet the Founder’s needs.
Your Impact and Responsibilities:
- Coordinates and manages extensive domestic and international travel using both private and commercial aviation and services
- Including but not limited to airfare, car service, hotels, concierge services, security, entertainment, international travel requirements and documents, etc.
- Performs extensive detailed travel research, planning and execution, and remains on call as needed during travel
- Designs and produces extensive itineraries
- Travels periodically to provide logistical support to the Founder on trips both personal and business in nature to ensure seamless execution – Approximately 20%
- Responsibilities while traveling Include but are not limited to advancing venues, managing communications with onsite contacts/vendors, personal errands, meeting/event preparations, Founder time management, capturing mobile and video assets, etc.
- Provides administrative support to the Chief of Staff to the Founder with departmental initiatives and additional administrative tasks
- Maintains detailed records for Founder travel activities
- Designs and implements travel systems and processes to create efficiencies in the Office of the Founder
- Works collaboratively with the Office of the Founder team and various departments – i.e. marketing, operations, etc. to smoothly execute business events and appearances during Founder travels
- Always maintains a high level of confidentiality, both internally and externally
- Responds to emails, texts and requests outside of normal schedule hours
Requirements for Success:
- 5+ years of experience in a travel logistics role with experience planning and executing international travel using both private and commercial aviation
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Microsoft Proficient: Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Experience with booking travel with private and commercial aviation
- Experienced with travel booking platforms and quick to learn new systems and processes
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple projects
- Strong customer service orientation
- Operates with a sense of urgency and proactively solves problems
- High level of confidentiality, integrity, and trustworthiness
- Highly motivated and effective in both collaborative and independent work environments
- Self-driven, flexible, and highly energetic with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work a varied schedule including tasks or work that needs to be completed at various times throughout the day, in the evening and on the weekends from time to time
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.