Procurement & Supply Chain Compliance Specialist

Job description

**Firmus Technologies** Firmus Technologies is a global leader pioneering the development and operation of efficient AI infrastructure across Asia Pacific. Founded in Australia in 2019, our mission is to create the most efficient AI infrastructure by combining cutting-edge technology with a steadfast commitment to sustainability. At Firmus, we are unique in our approach. We design, build, and operate a new class of digital infrastructure – the AI Factory. Through our model-to-grid technology approach, we have pushed the boundaries of multi-generational liquid cooling systems, energy management, AI software orchestration, and construction. For our customers, this approach allows us to make every watt count and deliver low-cost AI tokens globally. **Firmus AI Cloud** Our large-scale GPU cloud platform, Firmus AI Cloud, is purpose-built to deliver energy-efficient AI compute at scale to customers. It empowers developers, enterprises, educational institutions, and government users to train and deploy AI models with unmatched efficiency and cost savings. With an ever-growing suite of services and applications, we are committed to delivering a cloud experience that is market-leading, proprietary, and built to scale. **Why Firmus?** As an NVIDIA Cloud and Engineering partner in Asia Pacific, you will gain skills, experience, and exposure across the AI industry and be part of shaping what this industry looks like for decades to come. We are founder-led, not a big corporate. Decisions happen fast, our leaders are accessible, and there's minimum bureaucracy between you and the work. Ownership comes early. Whatever your role, you will have a direct line to outcomes, helping shape how the business grows as we scale nationally across a long-term, large-scale roadmap. Work alongside founders and experts in AI infrastructure, energy systems and next-generation compute. What we build here has impact beyond the business. Our AI Factories are designed to operate as assets to the energy grid to actively strengthen the communities and regions they operate in rather than drawing from them. Considering applying? You don't need a perfect background to join our team. If you're driven and curious, there's a path for you. We back our people to grow into new domains and take on challenges beyond their previous experience. **Role Summary** The Procurement & Supply Chain Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring the organisation's procurement and supply chain activities are conducted in accordance with legal, regulatory, contractual, ethical and corporate governance requirements. Working within a highly regulated technology environment, the role provides oversight of supplier governance, third-party assurance, procurement compliance, ESG obligations, modern slavery requirements, information security due diligence, operational resilience and supplier assurance activities. The role partners with Procurement, Legal, Risk, Information Security and business stakeholders to ensure suppliers are selected, managed and monitored in a manner that supports organisational objectives while protecting the organisation from operational, financial, reputational and regulatory risk. The position plays a key role in strengthening supplier governance frameworks, improving supply chain transparency and ensuring compliance with internal policies, regulatory obligations and customer expectations. **Key Responsibilities** **Procurement Governance & Compliance** - Support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of procurement governance frameworks, policies and procedures. - Monitor compliance with procurement policies, delegated authorities and sourcing requirements. - Review procurement activities to ensure adherence to internal controls and governance obligations. - Support procurement assurance reviews and compliance reporting. - Provide guidance to business units on procurement governance and compliance requirements. **Supplier Risk Management and Compliance** - Coordinate supplier due diligence, risk assessment and compliance activities. - Assess suppliers against financial, operational, cyber security, privacy, regulatory and reputational risk criteria. - Maintain supplier risk registers and supplier assurance records. - Monitor supplier performance and compliance throughout the contract lifecycle. - Escalate material supplier risks and compliance issues. - Ensure contractual obligations relating to compliance, security and privacy are appropriately managed. - Maintain supplier governance documentation and records. - Support contract governance and performance management activities. - Maintain evidence supporting compliance with procurement and contractual requirements. - Assist in resolving supplier compliance issues and non-conformances. **Operational Resilience & Supply Chain Assurance** - Support supply chain resilience assessments and critical supplier reviews. - Identify concentration risks and single points of failure within the supply chain. - Assist with business continuity and contingency planning for critical suppliers. - Monitor geopolitical, regulatory and market developments impacting supply chain operations. **Skills & Experience** **Essential** - Five to eight years of experiences acquired in procurement, supplier governance, supply chain risk management, compliance or contract management. - Experience in regulated audits. - Strong understanding of procurement governance and supplier lifecycle management. - Experience conducting supplier assessments and due diligence reviews. - Knowledge of risk management and compliance principles. - Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills. - Ability to analyse supplier risk and compliance information and provide practical recommendations. **Desirable** - Experience within a highly regulated organisation. - Experience with supply chain assurance and compliance. - Experience with ESG, modern slavery and responsible sourcing programs. - Familiarity with procurement systems and supplier governance platforms. - Experience supporting audits and assurance activities. **Qualifications** - Degree qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Business, Law, Risk Management or a related discipline. - CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply). - ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement. **Location & Reporting** - Location: Sydney, Australia - Reports to: Head of Risk & Compliance **Employment Basis** Permanent full-time **Diversity** At Firmus, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds who are passionate about creating a more sustainable future through innovative engineering solutions. Join us in our mission to revolutionise the AI industry through sustainable practices and cutting-edge engineering. Apply now to be part of shaping the future of sustainable AI infrastructure.