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$90K - 140K a year
Oversee the entire used car reconditioning process including managing staff and vendors, controlling costs, and ensuring vehicles are lot-ready on schedule.
Requires solid automotive repair or service advisor background, proven experience managing reconditioning or make-ready departments, strong leadership skills, and understanding of gross retention and recon speed.
### Used Car Reconditioning Manager – $90k–$140k+ – Real Jobs Nationwide! CarGuys Inc – America’s #1 Automotive Recruiting Firm Tired of watching reconditioning departments bleed money, miss deadlines, and push half-finished cars to the front line? The BEST used car operations in the country are paying TOP DOLLAR for Reconditioning Managers who can take control, hit gross goals, and deliver 100% lot-ready vehicles EVERY TIME. ### What you’ll own: - Full oversight of the entire reconditioning process (service, body shop, detail, photography) - Ensure every vehicle is properly inspected, serviced, repaired, safety-checked, detailed, and lot-ready on schedule - Manage technicians, porters, detailers, and third-party vendors - Control costs – parts, labor, sublet, and reconditioning expenses - Implement and enforce standardized checklists and turn-time KPIs - Daily reporting on aging, bottlenecks, and ROI per car - Work hand-in-hand with Used Car Director/GM to maximize front-end gross ### What top dealers and groups are offering RIGHT NOW: -Generous Salary - Full benefits package – health, dental, 401k match - Sign-on & relocation bonuses (many up to $15k) - Latest software (Reynolds, Tekion, vAuto, ReconMonitor, etc.) - Stable, high-volume stores and groups – no startups or flaky independents ### You’re the perfect fit if you have: - Solid automotive repair / service advisor / shop foreman background (you know how cars actually get fixed) - Proven experience running a reconditioning or make-ready department (any volume level considered) - Strong leadership skills – can motivate techs and hold vendors accountable - Understand gross retention and why recon speed = profit - Clean driving record and able to pass background/drug screen Stop working for stores that “talk” about process but never execute. We only place with the real high-volume, high-profit dealers and groups that are begging for a true Reconditioning Manager right now. 100% Confidential | No Fees to You | New Positions Daily Nationwide CarGuys Inc – We Move Wrenches & Managers (Used Car Reconditioning Manager, Recon Manager, Make Ready Manager, Fixed Operations, Service Manager, Used Car Manager, Reconditioning Supervisor, Detail Manager, Automotive Service Background, High-Line, Import, Domestic, RV, Powersports, Turn Time, ROI, Recon Velocity, Vehicle Reconditioning, Top Pay, Relocation)
This job posting was last updated on 12/8/2025