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Amazon Vendor | Operating Rhythm Tune-Up for Large CPG: Recalibrating KPIs, and Ways of Working

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Large CPG teams don’t lose on Amazon because they lack effort—they lose because their operating rhythm can’t keep up with complexity. 

In this episode, Donte McCrary-McClain (Willse-McClain Advisory) explains why late February is the ideal moment to tune up your Vendor Central ways of working, how to choose KPIs that actually trigger decisions, and how to build launch governance that prevents cross-functional chaos. 

Expect practical frameworks for KPI ownership, readiness gates, weekly huddles that drive action (not decks), and a repeatable learning loop across content, media, and supply.