Oracle MFCS/Retail Merchandising lead

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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