Scimplify is a specialty chemicals manufacturing company offering a full-stack solutionfrom R&D; and custom synthesis to large-scale manufacturing and doorstep delivery. Headquartered in Bengaluru India we serve multiple industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to agrochemicals and industrial chemicals to personal care and fragrances.
We enable 1000 business across 30 countries to develop and scale innovative chemicals from lab to commercial have raised $40 million in Series B funding taking its total funding to $54 million. The round was co-led by Accel and Bertelsmann India are a team of 450 professionals with entities in India Japan USA UAE and Indonesia.
The Role
Scimplify is taking its integrated manufacturing program live across new countrieseach a supply frontier requiring technical validation and commercial structuring. Your mission: own the supply-side opportunity in an assigned geography.
Youll be India-based but work as the technical and commercial anchor for one new country(e.g. Vietnam Malaysia or Mexico). Youll evaluate whether factories can make our chemistry at our quality at our cost. Then youll model the economics and structure the -country youll partner with our regional BD managers to onboard suppliers solve production problems in real-time and make fast go/no-go decisions that others depend on.
This is where R&D; meets supply not an adminyoure a decision-maker. Location: India-based (Bangalore/Mumbai)
Travel: 30-40% to assigned country for factory visits in-country BD alignment and deal closure
What Success Looks Like (Year 1)
- Evaluate and qualify 30-50 manufacturing partners in your assigned geography
- Onboard new factories into active pipeline
- Model economics for current product-geography combinations
- Build and document your regions supply development playbook (so the next country goes faster)
- Become the go-to technical reference for your regionR&D; and BD teams trust your decision-making on feasibility timing and risk
- Drive speed:take complex factory evaluations from unknown to go/no-go decision in 30-45 days
Key Responsibilities
Factory Technical Evaluation: Assess global manufacturing capabilitiesequipment processes purity standards batch sizes regulatory compliance. Translate those capabilities into feasibility decisions.
Commercial Structuring: Convert chemistry requirements into pricing models contract terms supply agreements and economics. Own the structurefrom LOI to signed manufacturing agreement.
Regional Technical Leadership: Bethe India-based backbone for your countrys supply growth. Answer product questions for BD teams. Solve production problems. Make the calls on whether partnerships are viable.
Playbook & Knowledge: Document what works in your regionfactory benchmarks process clusters go-to-market playbooks. Make the next region faster than the last.
Requirements
Must-Have:
- ./. in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering (./MBA is a plus)
- 8 years in technical sales technical business development procurement/sourcing or applications development
- Hands-on experience evaluating manufacturing or supply partners (quality capability cost modeling)
- Strong commercial acumen: understand pricing models margin analysis supply chain costs contract terms
- Self-driven and comfortable with ambiguityyou thrive when scope is undefined and you have to figure out
Nice-to-Have:
- Prior experience opening a new market or country for your company
- Existing relationships with manufacturers in SE Asia Middle Eastor emerging markets
- Exposure to job work toll manufacturing or contract manufacturing models
- Prior experience in VC-backed or fast-growth B2B companies
Compensation &Benefits;
Compensation: Best in market compensation along with variable pay and ESOPs tied to impact created.
Health Insurance: Comprehensive coverage for you and family
Remote-Work Flexibility: Work from India with regular travel to your assigned country
Why This RoleWhy Now
Were profitable and well-funded. Weve proven the chemistry work sat scale. Now comes the harder part: replicating supply-side success across5-6 new countries in the next 2 years. The decisions you makewhich factories to bet on which partnerships to structure which regions to double down onwill define Scimplifys manufacturing footprint for the next 5 years.
This isnta support role. Youre a founder-level operator building supply infrastructure in countries where we have no presence yet. High ambiguity real impact genuine autonomy.
If youve spent your career translating chemistry into commercial reality this is your moment.
How to Apply
Send your profile to and with subject line: International Partner Development Manager/GM Your Name
Include a briefnote on:
- One productor complex chemistry youve commercialized across borders. What made it technically hard to scale How did you solve it
- A time you opened a new country or market for your were the biggest bottlenecks and how did you break through
Scimplify is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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📌 Manager International Partner Development — India (Bengaluru)
🏢 Scimplify
📍 Bengaluru
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