Why this role stands out
This General Manager role offers significant autonomy and a clear path for career advancement within a growing company. You'll thrive here if you have proven leadership experience and a passion for operational excellence, with a competitive salary and bonus structure rewarding your success. Apply today to own your site and grow your career with Glow Car Wash!
Quick overview
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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