Oracle MFCS/Retail Merchandising lead
Oracle MFCS/Retail Merchandising lead
Remote US - Full time
ROLE OVERVIEW
Tessera Labs is hiring an Oracle MFCS / Retail Merchandising Lead to own the merchandising workstream of our Oracle Retail engagement with a customer. Deep, hands-on MFCS expertise is the core requirement. This person is the primary functional authority on Oracle Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service (MFCS) and the business processes it supports: item, pricing, purchasing, inventory and allocation.
The lead runs design through hypercare, leads a blended team of Tessera consultants and customer stakeholders, and translates the omnichannel apparel business into a clean, scalable MFCS configuration.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Solution leadership
- Own the end-to-end MFCS functional solution and design authority for the merchandising workstream
- Lead discovery and fit-gap workshops with Alo merchandising, planning, buying, inventory control and finance teams
- Define future-state processes that favor standard MFCS functionality and minimize customization
- Author and sign off functional design documents, configuration workbooks and extension specifications
Delivery
- Configure MFCS foundation data, item, purchasing, pricing and inventory functions
- Partner with the integration lead on RICS / REST API mappings to ecommerce, POS, WMS and ERP
- Drive data migration design, mapping and reconciliation across conversion cycles
- Plan and run SIT and UAT for merchandising; triage and resolve defects with Oracle and Alo IT
- Own the merchandising cutover plan and go-live readiness checklist
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Expert-level Oracle MFCS skills: 8+ years in Oracle Retail Merchandising (MFCS, RMFCS or RMS), with 3+ years leading MFCS functional delivery
- At least 2 full-lifecycle MFCS (cloud) implementations through go-live
- Deep functional knowledge of item, purchasing, pricing, inventory and cost management in MFCS
- Working knowledge of RICS, MFCS REST APIs and integration patterns with POS, WMS, ecommerce and ERP
- Hands-on data conversion experience using MFCS data loading tools and reconciliation
- Experience leading workshops with merchants, planners and finance at director level
- Strong written design documentation and status reporting skills
- Able to work onsite at Alo's Los Angeles offices and travel to the client site
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Apparel, footwear or specialty retail experience with style/color/size items and seasonal assortments
- DTC and omnichannel experience (ecommerce, stores, wholesale)
- Oracle Retail Allocation, Pricing Cloud Service, ReSA or Retail Insights experience
- Exposure to Oracle Xstore, Manhattan or Blue Yonder WMS, and Oracle Fusion or NetSuite financials
- Oracle Retail cloud certification
- Prior consulting or systems integrator experience