Oracle Procurement Lead Consultant

Role: Oracle Procurement Lead Consultant - Automotive Supplier Portal and Direct Materials Procurement
Location: New York, NY, United States
Travel Requirement: Up to 75% travel across manufacturing plants, supplier locations, customer sites, and project offices

Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Oracle Procurement Consultant to lead the design and implementation of Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement capabilities for a global Automotive Tier supplier.
The consultant will focus on direct-material procurement, supplier onboarding, supplier portal processes, purchasing, supplier collaboration, supplier schedules, receiving, invoice processing, supplier performance, and procurement integration. The ideal candidate will understand automotive supplier-management needs, including supply continuity, quality documentation, capacity constraints, lead-time management, delivery compliance, and electronic collaboration with direct-material suppliers.
Oracle Fusion Procurement supports B2B communication within procure-to-pay processes and can be configured for inbound and outbound supplier communication, including purchase orders and change orders.

Key Responsibilities
Lead procurement and supplier-portal discovery workshops with purchasing, supply chain, supplier development, quality, receiving, manufacturing, finance, planning, IT, and supplier stakeholders.
Document current-state and future-state processes for supplier onboarding, supplier qualification, supplier self-service, purchasing, supplier schedules, receiving, invoice processing, and supplier performance.
Design Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal capabilities for supplier registration, onboarding, qualification, profile maintenance, site maintenance, banking, tax, compliance, document management, and approval workflows.
Define direct-material supplier portal requirements, including purchase-order visibility, supplier schedules, forecast visibility, order acknowledgment, ASN submission, shipment updates, invoice submission, catalog maintenance, and issue resolution.
Configure Oracle Fusion Procurement processes for requisitions, purchase orders, blanket purchase agreements, contract purchase agreements, supplier schedules, change orders, receiving, returns, and invoice matching.
Design supplier collaboration processes for forecasts, supplier commits, capacity constraints, shortages, lead-time changes, expedites, delivery exceptions, and corrective-action tracking.
Define supplier segmentation and governance for production suppliers, indirect suppliers, subcontract manufacturers, tooling suppliers, packaging suppliers, logistics providers, and service suppliers.
Define requirements for approved supplier lists, supplier-item relationships, sourcing rules, supplier lead times, minimum order quantities, order modifiers, packaging requirements, and supplier compliance controls.
Partner with Supply Chain Collaboration, Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Inventory, Quality, Accounts Payable, EDI, and Integration teams to enable end-to-end supplier processes.
Design supplier-quality and compliance requirements, including certificates, PPAP-related document references, IATF/ISO documentation, restricted-substance documentation, supplier corrective actions, and supplier scorecards where in scope.
Create functional design documents, configuration workbooks, approval matrices, security models, test scripts, training materials, cutover plans, and hypercare procedures.
Lead SIT, UAT, supplier onboarding testing, supplier portal testing, B2B/EDI testing, receiving testing, invoice-match testing, and go-live stabilization.

Required Qualifications
10+ years of Oracle Procurement implementation experience.
3+ years of Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement implementation or support experience.
Strong knowledge of Oracle Purchasing, Supplier Model, Supplier Portal, Supplier Qualification Management, Self-Service Procurement, Sourcing, Contracts, Receiving, and Accounts Payable integration.
Experience with direct-material procurement in automotive, manufacturing, industrial, high-volume discrete manufacturing, or similarly complex supply-chain environments.
Automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier procurement experience.
Experience with direct materials, production suppliers, service parts, tooling, packaging, logistics, contract manufacturing, and supplier-managed inventory.
Strong understanding of supplier schedules, blanket agreements, purchase orders, release processes, ASNs, receipts, returns, invoice matching, and supplier exception management.
Experience implementing supplier onboarding, supplier-master-data governance, supplier self-service, supplier portal security, and approval workflows.
Understanding of supplier performance, delivery reliability, quality performance, capacity, lead-time, compliance, and supply-risk processes.
Strong workshop facilitation, process-design, documentation, testing, training, and stakeholder-management skills.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 75% within the United States.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration, Collaboration Messaging Framework, B2B messaging, Oracle Integration Cloud, and EDI-enabled supplier communication.
Knowledge of IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, supplier corrective actions, supplier scorecards, and automotive supplier-quality requirements.
Experience with global suppliers, multi-currency purchasing, intercompany procurement, import/export documentation, and cross-border supply chains.