Understand your role

During this exercise, you will be responsible for formulating and implementing the long-term marketing strategy of your division. In particular, you and your team members will have to:

      Work in a highly competitive market;

      Target selected consumer segments and position your products;

      Interface with the R&D department to design and develop new products;

      Prepare the launch of new products, improve, maintain or withdraw existing ones;

      Interface with the production department to specify production planning;

      Make marketing mix decisions (pricing, advertising, …) for each of your brands;

      Decide on the size and priorities of your commercial team;

      Order market research studies to get up-to-date information for decision making.