Category Lead Salary in Nashua, New Hampshire

How much does a Category Lead make in Nashua, NH?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Category Lead in Nashua, NH is $303,434. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $269,519 to $362,394, with most professionals earning between $238,641 and $416,074.

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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 Nashua, NH

Average Base Salary

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269519

362394

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324759

505382

403629

What is the average salary for Category Lead in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Category Lead in Nashua, NH. The base salary for Category Lead ranges from $269,519 to $362,394 with the average base salary of $303,434. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $324,759 to $505,382 with the average total cash compensation of $403,629.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$303,434	$269,519 - $362,394
Bonus	$100,195	$55,240 - $142,988
Total Pay	$403,629	$324,759 - $505,382

* 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 Nashua, NH

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Nashua, NH
CITY, STATE Merrimack, NH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $269,519 - $362,394	COMPARE TO Nashua, NH 0%
CITY, STATE Bedford, NH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $255,098 - $343,004	COMPARE TO Nashua, NH
CITY, STATE Manchester, NH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $255,098 - $343,004	COMPARE TO Nashua, NH
CITY, STATE Derry, NH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $262,018 - $352,308	COMPARE TO Nashua, NH
CITY, STATE Lowell, MA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $271,235 - $364,701	COMPARE TO Nashua, NH
CITY, STATE Salem, NH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $265,541 - $357,045	COMPARE TO Nashua, NH

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About Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census, Nashua had a population of 86,494, making it the second-largest city in the state after Manchester. As of 2017 the population had risen to an estimated 88,341. Built around the now-departed textile industry, in recent decades it has been swept up in southern New Hampshire's economic expansion as part of the Boston region. Nashua was twice named "Best Place to Live in America" in annual surveys by Money magazine. It is the only city to get the No. 1 ranking on two occasions—in 1987 and 1998. Nashua is ...

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