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