Create a Supplier in Oracle Fusion Applications

To Create a Supplier, the User must first be granted the seeded role of "Supplier Manager". Navigate to the Security Console from the Navigator:

Click on the "User" tab and search for your desired user to grant the role to:

Click on "Edit" and proceed to click on the "Add Role" button:

Select "Supplier Manager" from the List of Values (LoV). If there is another role with a similar name, choose the Role with the Code of "ORA_" as the prefix. This signifies that it's the seeded Oracle role.

Once done, click on the "Add Role Membership" button and Save. You may need to logout and log back in after a few minutes for it to take effect to the desired user.

Click on the Navigator and select "Suppliers". Alternatively, you may click on the "Procurement" Menu on the Welcome Springboard and proceed to click on "Suppliers".

Click on the Task Pane and select "Create Supplier". Fill up the initial required details and click on "Create":

Once done, The initial details of the Supplier will be created. Please take note that you would still need to complete other important details before you can proceed to use the newly-created Supplier. You can view the details still pending for the Supplier by viewing the "Suppliers with Incomplete Setup" section in the Supplier screen:

A quick step-by-step Video demonstration can be found here: