Oracle Retail MFCS / RMFCS Testing Lead

Position: Oracle Retail MFCS Testing Lead
Location: Remote / Occasional Travel to Client Location
Employment Type: Contract
Role: Oracle Retail MFCS / RMFCS Testing Lead

Position Overview:

Driscoll's is seeking an experienced Oracle Retail Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service (MFCS/RMFCS) Testing Lead to lead end-to-end quality assurance and testing activities for Oracle Retail merchandising solutions.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Oracle Retail MFCS/RMFCS, retail business processes, integration testing, data validation, regression testing, defect management, and test leadership. The candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, functional teams, developers, integration teams, and offshore/onshore QA teams to ensure high-quality delivery across Oracle Retail implementations and enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall QA/testing strategy and execution for Oracle Retail MFCS/RMFCS implementations, enhancements, integrations, and releases.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test strategy, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and traceability matrices.
• Lead SIT, system integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, end-to-end testing, and UAT support.
• Validate critical Oracle Retail business processes including:
  • Item and foundation data management
  • Supplier and location management
  • Purchase orders
  • Cost and deal management
  • Inventory management
  • Stock ledger
  • Replenishment
  • Sales Audit
  • Trade Management/import processes
  • Financial and downstream integrations
• Lead testing of integrations between MFCS and external systems such as POS, WMS, ERP/financial systems, supply chain applications, and other retail platforms.
• Perform and/or coordinate API, file-based, batch, database, and data validation testing.
• Validate inbound and outbound interfaces, transformation logic, file layouts, data mappings, and error handling.
• Develop SQL queries for backend data validation and reconciliation.
• Analyze test results, identify root causes, and work with technical/functional teams to resolve defects.
• Manage defect lifecycle using tools such as Jira, ALM, or equivalent.
• Establish testing metrics, dashboards, quality KPIs, defect trends, and readiness reports.
• Coordinate testing activities across onshore/offshore QA teams.
• Review requirements and functional specifications to identify gaps and ensure adequate test coverage.
• Drive defect triage meetings and communicate testing status, risks, dependencies, and issues to project leadership.
• Support data conversion/migration validation and reconciliation activities.
• Support regression testing associated with Oracle Retail cloud releases and application changes.
• Coordinate UAT preparation, business-user support, defect resolution, and production readiness.
• Mentor QA analysts and establish consistent testing standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with business users and retail SMEs to ensure test scenarios accurately represent real-world merchandising processes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of overall QA/testing experience, preferably in retail technology.
• 5+ years of hands-on Oracle Retail experience, with strong expertise in MFCS/RMFCS.
• Strong understanding of Oracle Retail merchandising business processes.
• Experience leading QA/testing teams for large-scale Oracle Retail implementations.
• Strong experience with:
  • SIT
  • UAT
  • Functional testing
  • Integration testing
  • Regression testing
  • End-to-end testing
  • Data validation/reconciliation
  • Batch/file testing
  • API testing
• Strong SQL skills for backend data validation.
• Experience testing retail integrations and complex data flows.
• Experience with defect management and test management tools such as Jira, ALM, Zephyr, qTest, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of SDLC/STLC and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently in a distributed/remote project environment.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Oracle Retail ecosystem components such as Sales Audit, Trade Management, Replenishment, Inventory, Stock Ledger, and related Oracle Retail applications.
• Experience with Oracle Retail cloud implementations and SaaS release cycles.
• Experience with Oracle Retail data conversion/migration.
• Experience with REST/SOAP APIs and integration testing.
• Experience with XML, JSON, CSV, and retail batch/file interfaces.
• Experience with Oracle databases and complex SQL queries.
• Experience with automation tools/frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or equivalent.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps testing practices.
• Knowledge of retail supply chain, merchandising, procurement, inventory, and financial processes.
• Experience working with offshore/onshore delivery teams.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Own QA deliverables and testing timelines.
• Define testing approach and resource requirements.
• Establish quality gates and entry/exit criteria.
• Conduct test case and defect reviews.
• Provide daily/weekly testing status to project leadership.
• Escalate critical risks and blockers proactively.
• Ensure adequate coverage for business-critical processes and integrations.
• Drive continuous improvement of testing processes and automation.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline preferred.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Oracle Retail QA/Test Lead who combines deep MFCS/RMFCS functional knowledge with strong testing leadership, SQL/data validation, integration testing, and stakeholder-management skills. Experience working on complex retail transformation programs and coordinating distributed QA teams is highly desirable.