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