Automotive Detail Shop Assistant Manager

Xcite Automotive • Full-time • Virginia Beach, VA, US • 3w ago

Xcite Automotive is seeking an Automotive Detail Shop Assistant Manager for our partner dealers in Virginia Beach, Virginia!

Job Description: This role supports daily detailing production, leads technicians, and ensures all vehicles meet dealership-ready quality standards. The Assistant Manager helps drive workflow efficiency, maintain operational compliance, and uphold performance expectations within a fast-paced reconditioning environment.

Key Responsibilities

Support daily detailing production in a high-volume dealership environment
Lead, train, and hold detail technicians accountable to quality standards
Perform hands-on interior and exterior detailing, including paint correction and polishing as needed
Conduct final quality control inspections prior to vehicle delivery
Monitor workflow efficiency, turnaround times, and shop productivity
Enforce safety and operational compliance standards

Required Qualifications

2+ years of professional automotive detailing experience (dealership, body shop, collision center, or reconditioning facility)
Prior experience as a Lead Detailer, Shop Supervisor, or Assistant Manager
Strong knowledge of paint correction, buffing, polishing, and interior reconditioning techniques
Experience working in a fast-paced, production-driven environment
Ability to perform physical job duties including standing, bending, lifting, and working indoors and outdoors

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a high-volume dealership reconditioning or service department
Prior responsibility for managing production workflow or turnaround metrics
Experience training or mentoring detail technicians
Background as a Recon Supervisor or Collision Center production lead

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive compensation based on experience
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off
Advancement opportunities within Xcite Automotive

Apply today to start your career in Xcite Automotive! #INDAUTO

Company Description: Xcite Automotive is a fast-growing automotive service and a software-based company that helps dealers get vehicles frontline-ready quickly and efficiently. Since 2007, Xcite Automotive has been on a mission to make the automotive industry faster, more innovative, and more profitable. Over 1,300 automobile dealers nationwide rely on Xcite’s team of 1000+ employees to provide on-site vehicle marketing and reconditioning solutions.

Additional Information: Xcite Automotive provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or orientation. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.