Category Lead Salary in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Category Lead in Cedar Rapids, IA is $258,409. While Salary.com is seeing that Category Lead salary in Cedar Rapids, IA can go up to $352,081 or down to $205,734, but most earn between $230,837 and $307,440. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Category Lead in the United States.

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Develop a culture of curiosity and insights by developing field facings insights training, improving quality of insights provided by the field and category team, increase strategic impact and influence of the insights provided to the marketing team, breakdown silos and improve access of information across teams, and drive decision making by prioritizing the right information.

January 02, 2023

Drives Strategic Supply Agreement (SSA) and Master Supply Agreements (MSA) content and structure including, but not limited to, legal terms and conditions, transportation INCO terms, payment terms, SOX compliance and import/export.

January 26, 2023

Negotiates and maintains supplier agreements that provide the maximum total cost of ownership benefit through price, product quality protection, limitation of financial and supply risk, and optimization of supply chain requirements .

February 14, 2023

Build and maintain relationships throughout J&J that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions.

February 15, 2023

Understand the technical requirements of our infrastructure ISVs and work closely with the internal development team to guide the direction of our product offerings.

February 21, 2023

Support global partners by providing market insight for shared markets, leveraging global suppliers to drive efficiencies and innovation, and collaborating on best practices.

February 23, 2023

Provide thought-leadership and mentorship to your team on overall account planning, partnership creation and resource request business cases.

March 07, 2023

Execute sourcing events by developing and launching RFI/RFPs, developing a negotiation strategy, negotiating with potential suppliers and executing contracts.

March 12, 2023

Demonstrate a strong intellectual curiosity by identifying and evaluating new financial risk management tools that provide predictable pricing and maintain strong correlations to underlying markets.

March 31, 2023

Lead continuous improvement initiatives and cross functional Value Analysis / Value Engineering projects internally and externally maintaining a pipeline of projects and so the project implementation can be aligned with the overall product plan and technology road map.

April 07, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Category Lead in Cedar Rapids, IA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

230837

307440

258409

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

276938

428342

337712

What is the average salary for Category Lead in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Category Lead in Cedar Rapids, IA. The base salary for Category Lead ranges from $230,837 to $307,440 with the average base salary of $258,409. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $276,938 to $428,342 with the average total cash compensation of $337,712.

View Average Salary for Category Lead as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$258,409	$230,837 - $307,440
Bonus	$79,303	$46,101 - $120,902
Total Pay	$337,712	$276,938 - $428,342

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Category Lead Salary Near Cedar Rapids, IA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Cedar Rapids, IA
CITY, STATE Iowa City, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $228,907 - $304,870	COMPARE TO Cedar Rapids, IA
CITY, STATE Waterloo, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $219,331 - $292,117	COMPARE TO Cedar Rapids, IA
CITY, STATE Cedar Falls, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $217,467 - $289,633	COMPARE TO Cedar Rapids, IA
CITY, STATE Dubuque, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $227,687 - $303,245	COMPARE TO Cedar Rapids, IA
CITY, STATE Davenport, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $228,924 - $304,893	COMPARE TO Cedar Rapids, IA
CITY, STATE Rock Island, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $226,109 - $301,144	COMPARE TO Cedar Rapids, IA

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About Cedar Rapids, Iowa

The city is divided into four quadrants, used in addressing. 1st Avenue (U.S. Route 151 Business) divides the north and south sides of the city, and the Cedar River divides east and west. Mays Island, in the middle of the river, is the only area of the city where addresses have no quadrant. Areas outside the city limits that have a Cedar Rapids mailing address do not use the quadrants either. Except in the downtown area, 1st Avenue and the Cedar River tend to run diagonally instead of along the cardinal directions. Due to the curving of 1st Avenue, there are some areas in western Cedar Rapids ...

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