General Manager

@ Glow Car Wash
Glow Car Washglowcarwash.com

General Manager

New Jersey, United States
Posted 3 days ago

About the job

Glow Car Wash, founded in 2015 in NJ with 4 locations, offers fast, safe, high-quality washes with excellent customer and employee experience. Looking for a leader for site management, team building, and business growth.

Requirements

  • 3+ years management experience
  • Team leadership experience
  • Operational instincts
  • Outdoor, fast-paced environment
  • Valid driver's license

Qualifications

  • Experience in retail, hospitality, or automotive
  • Track record building teams
  • Knowledge of P&L or revenue targets
  • Available on weekends

Full job description

General Manager - Glow Car Wash

Own Your Site. Build the Team. Grow With Us.

Compensation: $65,000–$75,000 base + monthly performance bonus!

The Opportunity

Glow Car Wash is looking for an experienced General Manager ready to run their location like an owner — not just supervise it. You'll have full accountability for your site's labor hours, team performance, and customer experience, with real input into how the business grows.

This isn't an entry-level management role. We want someone who's already led teams, hit expectations, and knows what operational excellence looks like — and who's looking for a company where that experience is rewarded with autonomy and a clear path up.

About Glow Car Wash

Founded in 2015 in Central New Jersey, Glow Car Wash has grown quickly since then, with a total of 4 locations. We built the company on one idea: a fast, safe, high-quality wash paired with an exceptional experience for customers and employees alike.

What You'll Own

  • Performance: Own your location's revenue, labor, and cost targets — not just "hit goals," but see the numbers and make the calls
  • Team leadership: Hire, train, and develop a high-performing team; build the bench for your own next promotion
  • Membership growth: Drive membership sales and retention as a core revenue lever, with visibility into your site's numbers
  • Operations: Own staffing, scheduling, productivity, safety, and site standards
  • Site Prepardness: Ensure site cleanliness and opertaional standards are met on a daily basis
  • Customer experience: Set the tone for five-star service and resolve escalations with authority
  • Culture: Lead by example — hands-on, in the field, alongside your team (~90% of the role is outdoors and active)

What Sets This Role Apart

  • Real autonomy — you run your site's day-to-day decisions, not a checklist from corporate
  • Growth path — top-performing GMs move into multi-site, regional, or district-level roles as we expand.
  • Bonus tied to performance you control — Conversion rate, membership growth, and retention, not vague "goals"
  • Paid leadership development — ongoing investment in your management skills, not just onboarding

What We're Looking For

  • 3+ years of management/leadership experience required, ideally with P&L, budget, or revenue-target ownership
  • Experience in retail, hospitality, restaurant, automotive, or car wash management preferred
  • A track record of building and retaining strong teams
  • Strong operational instincts: staffing, scheduling, cost control, customer recovery
  • Comfortable in a physical, outdoor, fast-paced environment
  • Valid driver's license; available weekends

What We Offer

  • Competitive base + performance bonus
  • Uncapped commissions
  • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid Time Off
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Paid training and leadership development
  • A defined path to multi-unit or regional leadership as Glow grows

Ready to run a business, not just a shift? Apply today and let's talk about what ownership looks like at Glow.

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

  • Do you have experience managing a team of 15+ employees?

Experience:

  • General Manager: 3 years (Required)
  • Team development: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

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