Oracle Procurement Lead Consultant – (Automotive Supplier Portal and Direct Materials Procurement)

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 1 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.

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.