Ryan Wuest Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada / Kelowna

Grouse River is a leading Canadian specialty retailer serving the needs of outdoor lifestyle enthusiasts, with a particular focus on hunting, shooting, and camping. The company provides a unique retail and online experience founded upon its deep-rooted outdoor culture. The store whether online or offline offers one of the widest and broad assortments of premium outdoor gear, firearms, apparel, and footwear, combined with expert services and a unique store environment not seen in Canada.Formerly the Vice President of Ecommerce & Marketing (January 2016 - July 2016)

Calgary, Canada / Miami, Usa

Watsco is the largest distributor of air conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment and related parts and supplies in the HVAC/R distribution industry, currently operating more than 566 locations in 37 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico with additional market coverage on an export basis to Latin America and the Caribbean.Responsible for working with Operations, Marketing, and Pricing to define and develop an effective global, multi-channel sales strategy across web platforms. Tasked with leading the advancement of the eCommerce and Digital division through in-depth analysis and performance management initiatives that drove results, greater revenues, and profitability. Lead the change management inside the organization to shift the processes and mindset from a traditional B2B brick & mortar to more a modern external customer driven format.

Calgary, Canada Area

Gescan is a proud member of the Sonepar Canada family, one of the largest electrical distribution networks in the world. Sonepar Canada is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in B2B distribution of electrical materials. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team Ryan was responsible all of Gescan’s demand generation, marketing funnel and sales optimization. He lead a team of marketers that execute inbound lead and sales generation tactics to grow Gescan’s revenue such as monthly sales promotions, large special events, merchandising, search engine optimization, SEM, and online marketing. Additionally Ryan was also the department head for Gescan’s marketing operations, eCommerce team, pricing department, new channel development streams, product data group as well as all offshore staff in the Asian BPO.

Calgary, Canada / Manila, Philippines / San Francisco, Usa

Shopster.com was one of the largest and fastest online eCommerce and networking sites in the world, with over 100,000+ online retailer and supplier accounts using its patented back-end platform to make online transactions before exiting in 2012. Responsible for the complete re-branding of Shopster.com web-site plus purePASSIONATE, developing the marketing, sales and operational programs to increase productivity and revenue through online sales and new accounts. Handled all vendor and supplier relations which allowed the virtual warehouse to grow to over one million products.

Calgary, Canada / Seattle, Usa / Shanghai, China

Responsible for providing direction, analysis and developing restructuring plans for suppliers marketing and operations department with a focus on – increasing efficiency and delivering effective programs and products for the worlds largest online retailer. Managed the development plus the execution of client’s go-to-market strategies along with their online/offline marketing initiatives through our online platforms & systems. Vast experience working and partnering with outside creative agencies/teams on setting strategic marketing plans for eCommerce retailers based on P&L requirements.

Calgary, Canada / Seattle, Usa / Manila, Philippines

Corporate wide responsibility across retail and eCommerce for insight generation, consumer targeting, advanced analytics & modeling, market/consumer research and product innovation, with the ultimate goal of propelling organic growth and attracting new customers. Maintained P&L responsibility of the eCommerce presence including the branding, online marketing, site design plus usability, product sourcing, supplier relations, customer service, social media and strategic planning.

Calgary, Canada Area

Responsible for the merchandise strategy and implementation on core products across multiple channels, directed the private label programs with key international accounts while overseeing product quality control standards on in house brands. Managed a team of marketers to drive sales, customer acquisition/retention through the use of promotions, SEM, e-mail marketing, as well as traditional marketing channels. Designed, developed and implemented promotional and brand strategies/campaigns for the national sales force.

Education record

Bachelor Of Management

(Ba) Business Administration Diploma