Marianna Basso

Head of Procurement

Upstart

Apr 2026 - Current (5 months)

Leading an outstanding team of Strategic Sourcing Leaders and Procurement Managers & Buyers. Together, we’re laser-focused on business enablement, spend optimization, streamlined procurement operations, and tight collaboration with Legal, Compliance, InfoSec, FP&A, and Accounting.

Senior Director, Enterprise Procurement

iSolved

Apr 2025 - Apr 2026 (1 year 1 month)

Director of Procurement

iSolved

May 2023 - Apr 2025 (2 years)

Establishing procurement function at isolved from policy creation, processes oversight to spend management and category strategy.

Lead, Category Management

Centene Corporation

Feb 2021 - May 2023 (2 years 4 months)

Designed and implemented category strategy across Operations with about $2Bn in spend across contact centers, telecom, claims systems and platforms, print services, sales, EMB - enrollment, memberships and billing.

Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement

Centene Corporation

May 2019 - Feb 2021 (1 year 10 months)

• Leading a team of Category Managers and Procurement Specialists whose mission is “procurement as a service” value-add model to enable the business and optimize spend • Manage contracts, negotiate legal and business provisions, conduct RFx events for strategic high-value projects • Ensure best practices for contracting including total cost of ownership philosophy and consulting internal stakeholders on risk management and calculated risk exposure • Developed category strategy for Operations in collaboration with business, financial and IT stakeholders reaching alignment on implementation plans for $220MM spend

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Catalina USA

May 2017 - May 2019 (2 years 1 month)

• Introduced eSourcing processes in the company through effective implementation of Ariba platform, which resulted in over $1M savings in the first 6 months • Developing category management plans, vendor scorecard • Establishing standards for supplier segmentation and supplier relationships management

International Sourcing Specialist

Universal Weather and Aviation Inc

Aug 2014 - Mar 2017 (2 years 8 months)

• Conducted global vendor sourcing, contracting, negotiations; expanded the company network presence with over 200 additional vendors in Asia, Australia and Europe • Established sourcing procedures, protocols, and vendor evaluation criteria • Performed contract management and led further negotiations to consolidate company global spend • Vendor invoicing and budgeting

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International Project Director

Jun 2012 - Jun 2014 (2 years 1 month)

• Achieved business processes standardization and quality adherence through setting up and managing PMO, which provided guidance, regulations and templates • Managed a versatile portfolio of 13 corporate programs in alignment with company strategic goals • Ensured stakeholders project buy in, developing and maintaining relationships with partners in the USA, Europe and Asia, bridging communications between the company leadership and their international counterparts • Organized large-scale conferences (600+) featuring leading international speakers from the concept to the execution, including budgeting and finance, oversaw conferences on-site and coordinated event team • Succeeded in business development and new markets penetration through d

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Project Manager

Apr 2009 - Jun 2012 (3 years 3 months)

• Strategic planning of annual event calendar to create a balanced and profitable portfolio; • Managed a team of three producers, ensuring that the events we bring to the market are competitive and highly relevant; • Prepared and delivered sales presentations, led negotiations and client meetings; • Experienced in customer engagement through digital marketing, Web 2.0 networks; • P&L responsibility, created event proposals and budgets

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