Navigating Amazon Vendor Negotiations: Strategies for Success

Feb 20, 2025 3:00 PM4:00 PM EDT

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Event Description

Discover proven strategies to navigate Amazon Vendor Negotiations with confidence. This Roundtable will provide actionable insights on optimizing profitability, aligning operations, and overcoming common challenges. Learn to craft win-win agreements that drive growth and strengthen your partnership with Amazon

BWG Connect & Channel Key invite you to participate in an interactive discussion with your peers.

As always, there will be no sales pitches and there is no cost to join.

Discussion Topics

  • Understanding the Amazon Vendor Negotiation Process: Gain insights into Amazon's structured and data-driven approach to vendor negotiations, focusing on areas like Net Profit Per Margin (PPM), freight allowances, Marketing Development and co-op funds.
  • Financial Implications of Negotiated Terms: Learn how discounts, allowances, payment terms, and chargebacks can directly impact your revenue and profitability, and strategies to manage these factors effectively.
  • Operational Alignment with Negotiated Agreements: Understand the importance of aligning supply chain expectations, stock availability, and compliance terms with Amazon's requirements to avoid operational challenges.
  • Developing Effective Negotiation Strategies: Discover the significance of thorough preparation, including data analysis, market research, and crafting a strategic plan to balance Amazon's demands with your business goals.
  • Overcoming Common Negotiation Challenges: Identify typical hurdles in vendor negotiations with Amazon and learn approaches to address and overcome these challenges to secure favorable outcomes.

Event Partners

Channel Key

Channel Key is an award-winning full-service Amazon marketplace consulting agency that has partnered with over 250+ brands ranging from SMBs to Enterprise companies. As an Advanced Amazon Partner, Channel Key helps brands unlock their marketplace potential by maximizing profitability and identifying growth opportunities on Amazon. Each brand benefits from a team of Amazon experts and receives a customized Strategic Business Plan with defined KPIs that serve as a clear path to success. Our mission is to provide brand owners with a winning Amazon strategy, ecosystem, and resources to scale at the highest level possible.

Guest Speakers

Wendi Mathis Held LinkedIn

Senior Vice President Strategic Accounts at Channel Key

With over 25 years of retail experience, Wendi Mathis Held is a proven growth strategist dedicated to helping brands thrive on Amazon and beyond. As founder of True Hero, a premium Amazon agency acquired by Channel Key in 2024, she has honed a deep understanding of e-commerce dynamics, consumer behavior, and retail marketing. At Channel Key, Wendi leads strategic initiatives by helping small to medium-sized companies and premium brands leverage data-driven insights and forecasting to achieve sustained growth in competitive marketplaces. Her expertise in business development, customer relationships, and strategic planning makes her a trusted partner for brands looking to unlock their potential on the world’s largest online platform.

Aaron Conant LinkedIn

Co-Founder & Managing Director at BWG Connect

Aaron Conant is Co-Founder and Chief Digital Strategist at BWG Connect, a networking and knowledge sharing group of thousands of brands who collectively grow their digital knowledge base and collaborate on partner selection. Speaking 1x1 with over 1200 brands a year and hosting over 250 in-person and virtual events, he has a real time pulse on the newest trends, strategies and partners shaping growth in the digital space.

Dan Brownsher LinkedIn

President / CEO / Founder at Channel Key

As President and CEO of Channel Key, Dan Brownsher leads the agency's vision and strategy for helping brands succeed on Amazon. Dan is a national thought leader in Amazon retail strategy and emerging e-commerce trends. He is a commentator on Amazon practices, policies, and technologies as well as a sought-after opinion source for media, quoted by Bloomberg, Forbes, MSN.com, LA Times, Reuters and key specialist trade and business media outlets across the country. His unique experience as co-founder of a Top 200 Amazon seller combined with an established portfolio of 250+ brand partners translates to best-in-class leadership and a passion that can only be fulfilled by helping brands scale and thrive.

Event Moderator

Wendi Mathis Held LinkedIn

Senior Vice President Strategic Accounts at Channel Key

With over 25 years of retail experience, Wendi Mathis Held is a proven growth strategist dedicated to helping brands thrive on Amazon and beyond. As founder of True Hero, a premium Amazon agency acquired by Channel Key in 2024, she has honed a deep understanding of e-commerce dynamics, consumer behavior, and retail marketing. At Channel Key, Wendi leads strategic initiatives by helping small to medium-sized companies and premium brands leverage data-driven insights and forecasting to achieve sustained growth in competitive marketplaces. Her expertise in business development, customer relationships, and strategic planning makes her a trusted partner for brands looking to unlock their potential on the world’s largest online platform.

Aaron Conant LinkedIn

Co-Founder & Managing Director at BWG Connect

Aaron Conant is Co-Founder and Chief Digital Strategist at BWG Connect, a networking and knowledge sharing group of thousands of brands who collectively grow their digital knowledge base and collaborate on partner selection. Speaking 1x1 with over 1200 brands a year and hosting over 250 in-person and virtual events, he has a real time pulse on the newest trends, strategies and partners shaping growth in the digital space.

Dan Brownsher LinkedIn

President / CEO / Founder at Channel Key

As President and CEO of Channel Key, Dan Brownsher leads the agency's vision and strategy for helping brands succeed on Amazon. Dan is a national thought leader in Amazon retail strategy and emerging e-commerce trends. He is a commentator on Amazon practices, policies, and technologies as well as a sought-after opinion source for media, quoted by Bloomberg, Forbes, MSN.com, LA Times, Reuters and key specialist trade and business media outlets across the country. His unique experience as co-founder of a Top 200 Amazon seller combined with an established portfolio of 250+ brand partners translates to best-in-class leadership and a passion that can only be fulfilled by helping brands scale and thrive.

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