Sudheer Kumar has been elevated to CEO – Agrochemicals at Scimplify, marking a significant elevation in his career and reflecting the organisation’s confidence in his proven leadership across agribusiness, agrochemicals, pesticides, and global market development. In this strategic role, he now leads Scimplify’s end-to-end agrochemical vertical, driving business expansion, operational excellence, and product innovation while strengthening the company’s footprint across domestic and international markets. His mandate also includes scaling category-specific strategies, deepening supplier ecosystems, enhancing customer-centric models, and accelerating growth across the agrochem value chain.
Prior to taking up this CEO position, Sudheer served as Business Head at Scimplify for over two years, where he played a pivotal role in establishing high-growth business channels, building strategic partnerships, and enabling the company’s presence in competitive agrochemical segments. His contributions during this period laid the foundation for scalable operations, improved supply chain efficiencies, and strengthened vendor networks—making his transition to CEO both seamless and impactful. Before this, he also served as Business Manager – Pesticides at ZETWERK, where he established a full-fledged contract manufacturing business for agrochemicals, built a strong supplier base of over 40 technical manufacturers and importers, acquired 100+ clients, and forged collaborations with leading formulation factories.
His global exposure deepened during his tenure as Business Development Manager at Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, Nigeria, where he developed and executed marketing plans aligned with business strategy, supported P&L delivery, identified market gaps, and worked closely with cross-functional teams across sales, finance, logistics, and regulatory operations. This international experience broadened his commercial perspective and strengthened his ability to manage large-scale agribusiness operations across diverse markets. He also played a key role in enhancing Wacot Agric Centers (WAC), driving market expansion, and enabling on-ground impact through farmer outreach and strategic product alignment.
Sudheer also carries a strong legacy of over eight years with Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd, where he served in multiple senior capacities including Senior Manager – Herbicides Marketing, National Special Projects Manager, BMD Manager, and Brand Manager. As a core member of the Strategic Group, he worked closely with senior directors to steer the company’s long-term direction, support sales teams, coordinate strategies across India, Singapore, USA, and Japan, and shape portfolio management. His responsibilities spanned strategic planning, market research, product development, farmer advisory, digital marketing, product launches, field promotions, national campaigns, stakeholder coordination, dealer interactions, training, budgeting, MIS reporting, and driving market insights. This tenure strengthened his expertise in both product and market strategy across India’s largest agri markets.
His career began with assignments across key agricultural regions during his early roles at Sumitomo Chemical India Pvt. Ltd. and a summer traineeship at UPL, where he developed a deep understanding of crop segments, product demonstrations, field engagement, competitive mapping, pricing evaluation, and brand positioning. Over the years, Sudheer has built a robust foundation in agribusiness leadership—covering marketing, sales, strategy, farmer engagement, digital campaign management, and operational delivery. With this rich and diverse experience, spanning India, Africa, and global markets, he now steps into his role as CEO – Agrochemicals at Scimplify with a strong vision for sustainable and scalable growth.