Assistant Manager
Xcite Automotive is seeking an Automotive Detail Shop Assistant Manager for our partner dealers in Elizabeth City, North Carolina!
Job Description: As an Automotive Detail Shop Assistant Manager at Xcite Automotive, you will play a key role in supporting daily detailing operations while helping lead a team of detail technicians in a fast-paced dealership and reconditioning environment. This position is responsible for maintaining dealership-ready vehicle appearance standards, ensuring workflow efficiency, and supporting overall operational success.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with strong automotive detailing experience, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to motivate team members while maintaining high production and quality standards. The Assistant Manager must be dependable, safety-conscious, and capable of balancing leadership responsibilities with hands-on detailing work.
Key Responsibilities
- Support daily detailing production in a high-volume dealership environment.
- Lead, train, and hold detail technicians accountable to company quality standards.
- Perform hands-on interior and exterior detailing services, including paint correction, buffing, polishing, and reconditioning as needed.
- Conduct final quality control inspections to ensure all vehicles meet dealership-ready standards prior to delivery.
- Monitor workflow efficiency, turnaround times, and overall shop productivity.
- Assist with scheduling and prioritizing vehicles to meet dealership production demands.
- Enforce company safety procedures and operational compliance standards.
- Maintain cleanliness and organization of detailing bays, equipment, and work areas.
- Operate detailing equipment, chemicals, and tools safely and responsibly.
- Communicate effectively with team members and management regarding production updates and vehicle status.
- Assist in training and mentoring new detail technicians to support consistent workmanship and operational success.
- Support a positive, team-oriented work environment focused on efficiency, accountability, and quality.