Hunter Engineering Company is a St. Louis based, family-owned company specializing in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of a full line of award-winning undercar service equipment. Areas of focus include wheel alignment systems, vehicle inspection systems, wheel balancers, lift racks, tire changers, and brake lathes. Hunter equipment is used by vehicle manufacturers and dealers, tire and wheel retail shops, and service facilities around the world. For more information on Hunter Engineering Company, please visit us at www.hunter.com.
Position Description:
The International Regional Business Consultant is a key role who works in conjunction with Hunter’s Vice President International. This position is that of an independent contractor and not as an employee of Hunter Engineering Company. The individual will work with existing business lines and Hunter distributors in overseas markets with a focus on country market growth. The creation of additional distribution channels may also be required. This requires outstanding analytical, communications, leadership, and organizational skills. A technical background is preferred. The ability to work unsupervised in fast-paced, high energy environments is necessary. Great judgement and an ability to develop rapport with clients from senior level executives to distributor representatives is essential. The International Regional Business Consultant must be able to solve complex business problems, perform market and data research, identify growth opportunities, work in a team-oriented environment, and interact frequently with senior Hunter Engineering Company executives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop world class relationships with international clients such as business owners, Managing Directors, engineers, sales, and technical managers.
- Provide sales growth in each market by presenting business opportunities to distribution partners, OEM vehicle manufacturers and key enterprise accounts.
- Identify and deliver, business opportunities and concepts including partnership strategies, country trends and new product ideas.
- Deliver company provided KPI’s and strategic materials to market partners in a timely and organized manner.
- Support administration and demonstration of products manufactured by Hunter Engineering Company during trade fairs and regional events in collaboration with market partners.
- Frequent international travel.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Sales or related field preferred.
- Automotive industry experience: capital goods and equipment experience preferred.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with proven track record in international sales and account growth.
- Highly proficient with MS Office and Salesforce software.
- Multilingual candidates preferred for the applicable territory.
- Strong work ethic, time management, and project management skills are essential.
- Dynamic individual with a commitment to excellence.
- Ability to demonstrate practical and creative approaches to problem solving.
- Must be eligible to work and live in one of the market countries.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience with a proven track record in international sales and account growth
- Ability to work and live in one of the applicable market countries
- Highly proficient with MS Office and Salesforce software
- Strong project management skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Sales, or a related field
- Automotive industry experience, preferably with capital goods and equipment
- Multilingual capability applicable to the territory
- Strong work ethic, time management, communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently in fast-paced environments and build rapport with senior executives and distributor representatives
Hunter Engineering Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many salaried and plant roles, with consistent descriptions of good pay and fair compensation. Earning potential can be notably strong in consultative field roles when performance and territory align.
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Retirement Support — A Safe Harbor 401(k) with an automatic company contribution is paired with a separate profit‑sharing plan. Plan specifics include immediate vesting for Safe Harbor funds and a defined vesting timeline for profit sharing.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation that scales with tenure, personal days, and a broad paid holiday schedule are described. Parental and adoption leave complement the package, with paid volunteer time also noted.
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What We Do
Hunter Engineering Company is a global leader in automotive service equipment, offering state-of-the-art wheel alignment systems, wheel balancers, tire changers, vehicle inspection equipment, brake lathes and more. Since 1946, when Automotive Hall of Fame inductee Lee Hunter founded Hunter Engineering, the company has built a reputation for innovation and visionary leadership in the application of the newest technologies to automotive undercar service. Hunter's award-winning research and development team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers are responsible for hundreds of patented and exclusive features that make Hunter products the most productive undercar service equipment available. Hunter has a total of over 350 awarded patents while releasing an average of 7-10 new patents each year. Hunter fields the largest dedicated sales and service force in the undercar service industry with approximately 390+ sales representatives and 410+ independent service representatives throughout the United States.
