Oracle Cloud Procurement & Inventory Lead Consultant

Job Title: Oracle Cloud Procurement & Inventory Lead Consultant

Location: Hybrid with remote work allowed. Travel to client sites as required.

Company Overview:

Sierra-Cedar is a leading Oracle Cloud consulting company that delivers innovative and transformative projects for its clients across public sector, higher education, commercial, and healthcare. Our mission is to provide exceptional Oracle Cloud consulting services that enable our clients to achieve their business objectives. We take pride in being a great place to work and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Job Description:

Sierra-Cedar is seeking an experienced Oracle Cloud Procurement & Inventory Lead Consultant to join our robust Cloud practice supporting commercial and healthcare organizations with Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations, enhancements, and operational improvements.

This position requires hands-on functional experience across Oracle Cloud Procurement and Inventory Management, including configuration, business process design, testing, data validation, and production readiness.

The candidate should bring direct experience with Oracle Collaboration Messaging (B2B/EDI), Oracle Redwood user experiences, and procurement and inventory processes. Experience supporting healthcare provider organizations, including hospital supply chain operations, clinical inventory, and supplier integrations, is particularly important. The Lead Consultant will collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, functional consultants, and technical teams to translate operational requirements into Oracle application configurations and documented business processes.

An Oracle Partner with over 30 years of proven customer success, Sierra-Cedar has become one of the largest consultancies focused on delivering a full range of application services to cities, counties, states, school districts, public utilities, public transportation authorities, higher education, commercial, and healthcare clients. With a core focus on Cloud applications, our goal is to implement modern platforms that provide today’s workforce with the tools to deliver progressive, mobile-ready services for ongoing success. We offer a flexible work environment and competitive compensation and benefits packages. Are you ready to reach the next milestone in your Cloud career?

Key Responsibilities:

Oracle Procurement and Inventory

·        Lead functional design and configuration activities for Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement and Inventory Management.

·        Conduct business process and design workshops covering purchasing, requisitioning, sourcing, receiving, inventory replenishment, and supplier management.

·        Configure and support Self Service Procurement, Purchasing, Supplier Portal, Procurement Contracts, and related functionality.

·        Configure and support Inventory Management, including inventory organizations, subinventories, locators, transactions, and replenishment processes.

·        Support Min-Max replenishment, PAR inventory, reorder points, item and supplier sourcing rules, and Unit of Measure (UOM) conversions.

·        Evaluate procurement-to-inventory business processes, including receiving, inventory transactions, purchasing agreements, and financial impacts.

·        Support item master data, Product Information Management (PIM), item attributes, purchasing categories, and inventory-related data maintenance.

Oracle Collaboration Messaging and Supplier Integrations

·        Configure and support Oracle Collaboration Messaging for electronic business transactions between Oracle Fusion Cloud and external suppliers or service providers.

·        Maintain trading partner configurations, supplier site assignments, service providers, and collaboration documents.

·        Support EDI transaction processing, including purchase orders (850), purchase order acknowledgments (855), advance shipment notices (856), and invoices (810).

·        Investigate failed messages, transaction discrepancies, and downstream processing impacts on purchasing, receiving, inventory, and Accounts Payable.

·        Collaborate with technical teams on Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), middleware, and supplier connectivity requirements.

·        Experience integrating with GHX or comparable healthcare supply chain networks is preferred.

Oracle Redwood User Experience

·        Support Oracle Redwood adoption, configuration, and functional validation across applicable Procurement and Inventory processes.

·        Demonstrate experience with Redwood Self Service Procurement, including requisitioning, shopping catalogs, approvals, and end-user workflows.

·        Assess functional differences between existing Oracle user experiences and Redwood pages.

·        Evaluate business process changes, configuration considerations, security impacts, and user adoption requirements.

·        Develop and execute Redwood functional testing scenarios, including regression testing associated with Oracle quarterly updates.

Healthcare Supply Chain Operations

·        Lead design discussions addressing hospital procurement, storeroom inventory, clinical supply replenishment, and purchasing operations.

·        Support hospital inventory processes involving PAR locations, stock and non-stock items, clinical departments, and medical supply distribution.

·        Understand the relationship between inventory replenishment, supplier orders, receiving, expense accounting, and invoice matching.

·        Identify operational impacts related to emergency departments, operating rooms, laboratories, and other clinical areas.

·        Experience with distributor integration, supply chain data integrity, and healthcare supplier networks is preferred.

Project Leadership and Delivery

·        Lead assigned functional workstreams throughout requirements gathering, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-production support.

·        Document business requirements, application configuration, process flows, integrations, reports, data conversions, and functional design specifications.

·        Develop and validate testing scenarios for Conference Room Pilots (CRP), System Integration Testing (SIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

·        Coordinate with functional and technical teams to investigate defects, validate corrections, and support testing activities.

·        Identify functional gaps, dependencies, operational risks, and impacts across Procurement, Inventory, and Financials.

·        Communicate project progress, open issues, decisions, and risks to project managers and stakeholders.

·        Support production readiness, cutover activities, and transition to ongoing operational support.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

·        At least five years of hands-on Oracle Cloud functional consulting experience, including experience leading assigned functional workstreams.

·        Experience participating in two or more end-to-end Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations, with lead responsibility on at least one project.

·        Direct configuration experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement and Inventory Management.

·        Working knowledge of purchasing, receiving, inventory replenishment, supplier management, and procure-to-pay processing.

·        Hands-on experience with Oracle Collaboration Messaging, including supplier/trading partner configurations, document setup, or transaction troubleshooting.

·        Experience implementing, configuring, or supporting Oracle Redwood functionality, particularly within Procurement.

·        Experience leading business process workshops, documenting requirements, configuring applications, and conducting CRP, SIT, and UAT.

·        Ability to investigate cross-functional issues involving Procurement, Inventory, integrations, and Accounts Payable.

·        Strong written communication, analytical, troubleshooting, and stakeholder coordination skills.

·        Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

·        Hold meetings on camera daily, and travel to client sites as needed during project milestones.

·        Must already be living in the US with all work to be performed in the US.

·        Must be legally authorized to work in the US without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

·        Oracle Fusion Cloud implementation experience in healthcare provider organizations, including hospitals or health systems.

·        Experience with clinical supply chain operations, PAR replenishment, Min-Max inventory, and mobile inventory.

·        Experience with GHX, EDI transactions, or healthcare distributor integrations.

·        Experience with Oracle Integration Cloud and functional integration specifications.

·        Experience with Oracle Redwood Self Service Procurement configuration and testing.

·        Knowledge of item master data, PIM, Approved Supplier Lists (ASLs), purchasing agreements, and UOM conversions.

·        Understanding of Accounts Payable invoice matching and associated procurement or receiving exceptions.

·        Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement or Inventory certifications.

Work Environment

This position supports a hybrid work arrangement, with remote collaboration and travel to client locations for project milestones, workshops, and testing activities.

Why Work at Sierra-Cedar:

Sierra-Cedar is looking for someone who is enthusiastic about Oracle Cloud Consulting, and who can embrace thinking outside of the box when working with clients. But it’s not just about the work. We believe in creating a collaborative and rewarding work environment, where our team members can grow both personally and professionally.

We are committed to providing a positive and engaging work environment where our employees can thrive. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive compensation, cafeteria plan benefits which include medical, dental, and vision, 401(k) plan with employer contributions, PTO, and professional development opportunities.

We also pride ourselves on our culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Our team is made up of some of the brightest minds in the industry, and we work together to deliver exceptional results for our clients. If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding career in Oracle Cloud consulting, Sierra-Cedar may be the place for you.