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