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Marketing Planning & Market Analysis

A practical professional programme focused on marketing planning & market analysis, designed to strengthen commercial capability, customer value and market performance.

Type
Specialist
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Marketing Planning & Market Analysis develops the ability to convert reliable market insight into structured, evidence-based marketing plans.

The programme covers market definition, customer analysis, competitor assessment, environmental scanning, research interpretation, objective setting, strategic choices, action planning and performance measures.

Participants learn how to diagnose a market situation and translate findings into practical marketing priorities, initiatives and controls.

Objectives

  • Develop structured approaches to market analysis.

  • Interpret customer, competitor and environmental information.

  • Set evidence-based marketing objectives.

  • Translate analysis into practical marketing strategies and actions.

  • Establish measures for monitoring marketing-plan performance.

Learning outcomes

  • Define and analyse a relevant market.

  • Assess customer, competitor and environmental factors.

  • Synthesize market evidence into clear strategic implications.

  • Develop a structured marketing plan.

  • Define appropriate marketing actions, responsibilities and measures.

Who it is for

  • Marketing professionals.

  • Marketing planners and analysts.

  • Product and service managers.

  • Business-development professionals.

  • Managers responsible for market planning and growth initiatives.

Programme modules

1. Marketing Planning Framework
  • Purpose of marketing planning

  • Planning process

  • Planning horizons

  • Evidence-based planning

2. Market and Environmental Analysis
  • Market definition

  • Market size and trends

  • Environmental scanning

  • Opportunities and threats

3. Customer and Competitor Analysis
  • Customer needs

  • Buying behaviour

  • Competitor profiles

  • Competitive comparison

4. Marketing Objectives and Strategy
  • Situation diagnosis

  • Marketing objectives

  • Segmentation and targeting

  • Positioning and strategic choices

5. Marketing Action Planning
  • Marketing initiatives

  • Marketing mix

  • Resources and responsibilities

  • Timelines

6. Measurement and Review
  • Marketing metrics

  • Performance targets

  • Monitoring

  • Plan review and adjustment

Methodology

The programme combines market-analysis frameworks, research interpretation, planning templates and practical cases. Participants progressively build a marketing plan from market diagnosis through implementation and measurement.

Assessment

Assessment includes market-analysis exercises and a final applied assignment requiring participants to prepare a structured marketing plan supported by relevant market evidence.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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Upcoming sessions

No dates are scheduled at present.

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