Tools You Didn’t Know You Had: How Smart Business Owners Buy Better
• 12:15PM - 12:45PM • Workshop Room 3
You started your business to do what you love—not to chase receipts, manage approvals, or figure out who ordered what on the company card. But as your team grows, buying for your business gets complicated fast. In this interactive workshop, Andrew Turner from Amazon Business shares what he's learned working with small businesses across the US about the tools, habits, and simple systems that separate businesses that buy smart from those that waste time and money. Whether you're a team of 2 or 50, you'll walk away with practical ideas you can put to work next week. No software demo, no sales pitch, just real talk about how business buying actually works.
Presented by:
Andrew Turner Amazon Business
Andrew Turner is Head of North American Sales for the Small and Medium Business (SMB) segment at Amazon Business (AB), where he leads sales teams in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica. He also leads AB’s third-party channel partnerships. Andrew joined Amazon over eleven years ago and before joining the SMB sales team has also expanded Alexa’s language capabilities to customers outside of the U.S. by supporting new languages and device launches, and has also led Amazon Canada’s Softlines business, with responsibility for the overall management, operation, and growth of product categories including clothing, shoes, jewelry, watches, and luggage. Before Amazon, Andrew worked at Eddie Bauer wh
Andrew Turner is Head of North American Sales for the Small and Medium Business (SMB) segment at Amazon Business (AB), where he leads sales teams in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica. He also leads AB’s third-party channel partnerships. Andrew joined Amazon over eleven years ago and before joining the SMB sales team has also expanded Alexa’s language capabilities to customers outside of the U.S. by supporting new languages and device launches, and has also led Amazon Canada’s Softlines business, with responsibility for the overall management, operation, and growth of product categories including clothing, shoes, jewelry, watches, and luggage. Before Amazon, Andrew worked at Eddie Bauer where he launched the First Ascent brand, founded his own business (Workshop Shirt Company), and began his career at Bain & Company.
Andrew lives on the south shore of Boston with his wife, two teenage children, and a sweet Bernese Mountain Dog named Molly. Andrew considers himself an aspiring DIY-er, and in his free time enjoys running, training, backpacking, gardening, men’s league ice hockey, and Chicago sports (go Cubs/Bears/Hawks!).