Travel Category Manager
Supply Chain
Dallas, TX
December 23, 2025
Travel Category Manager
Coppell, TX
What does it mean to be a BrinkerHead? whether you're supporting our restaurants, celebrating wins with your team, or sparking ideas that keep Guests coming back. We play like a team, take pride in our culture, and know that life's too short not to work happy.
At Brinker's Restaurant Support Center (RSC), every role fuels the success of our brands - Chili's® Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy® - and directly impacts Team Members and Guests. From bold ideas to everyday support, we help create a fun atmosphere, great food and drinks, and the kind of hospitality that keeps everyone coming back. Here, you'll discover opportunities for career growth, belonging, wellbeing, and plenty of chances to work hard and have fun.
Brinker International is an equal opportunity employer. We're proud to provide a welcoming, respectful environment where everyone can thrive.
Job Summary
The Travel Manager will lead Brinker's mainly domestic travel program, ensuring smooth, cost-effective, and policy-compliant travel experiences for our team members. This role is key to supporting our restaurants and corporate operations by managing vendor relationships, lead strategic supplier identification, vet and negotiate agreements with the goal of optimizing travel options, and delivering exceptional service. A focus on continuous improvement and simplification is required.
What You'll Do
- Own the Travel Program: Re-vamp and maintain Brinker's travel program to align with hospitality standards and company culture.
- Set strategic direction for managed categories and suppliers to deliver value, both financially and operationally.
- Develop, review and manage contracts, agreements, statements of work, etc. with best-in-class suppliers.
- Support key events by overseeing group travel for leadership meetings, training programs and other high visibility meetings.
- Create touchpoints with internal and external teams such as quarterly business reviews and listening sessions.
- Review/analyze various agreement documents to ensure Legal and Risk Management support.
- Analyze and effectively communicate business terms with internal stakeholders and gain feedback
- Manage and deliver on project timelines to meet stakeholder initiatives/expectations.
- Develop world-class partnerships with suppliers and serve as the direct poin