Lead, Source-to-Pay Strategy & AI Systems

Nordstrom; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and

Paid Time Away

Life Insurance and Disability

Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

Job summary

Nordstrom seeks a strategic S2P leader to develop and execute the multi-year source-to-pay roadmap, guiding AI-enabled procurement initiatives across Finance, Legal and Product teams. You will own the Coupa S2P platform, drive adoption, and deliver insights from procurement data to inform executive decisions.

Candidate must have a strong track record in S2P transformations, team leadership, and the ability to influence senior leaders while maintaining robust controls and compliance across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, engineering, supply chain, technology or related discipline.
• Eight years of proven procurement ops or procurement tech experience with source-to-pay transformation.
• Robust ownership of S2P/ procure-to-pay software like Coupa, Workday, SAP or Ariba.
• Experience applying AI/automation in a source-to-pay system.
• Experience leading technical teams and influencing senior leaders.
• Strong knowledge of procurement processes, controls and contracting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and implement the multi-year S2P strategy and roadmap aligned to the Strategic Plan.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of S2P system admins; build skills in platform configuration and AI.
• Own Nordstrom's Coupa S2P platform: roadmap, releases, configuration, contracts, supplier relationships and AI.
• Identify AI and automation use cases across S2P (inflow, sourcing, contracts, supplier onboarding, invoice matching, spend analytics).
• Influence VPs and cross-functional partners to align priorities and tradeoffs.
• Lead cross-functional work with Technology, Legal, Product and Finance to improve S2P with efficiency and controls.
• Act as S2P operations authority: prioritize system requests and provide procedural guidance.
• Lead change management and adoption; train teams and suppliers on new tools.
• Deliver reporting and insights on operational procurement metrics.
• Evaluate emerging S2P and AI tech; decide build, buy or partner.
• Own the controls for the S2P system and process.

Skills

AI/Automation in S2P

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategy & roadmaps

Procurement knowledge

Contracts

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Accounting/Business/Engineering/Supply Chain/Technology)

MBA or related advanced degree preferred

Tools

Coupa

Workday

SAP

Ariba

Job description

Nordstrom seeks a strategic S2P leader to develop and execute the multi-year source-to-pay roadmap, guiding AI-enabled procurement initiatives across Finance, Legal and Product teams. You will own the Coupa S2P platform, drive adoption, and deliver insights from procurement data to inform executive decisions.

Candidate must have a strong track record in S2P transformations, team leadership, and the ability to influence senior leaders while maintaining robust controls and compliance across the