Category Lead Salary in San Jose, CA
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How much does a Category Lead make in San Jose, CA? The average Category Lead salary in San Jose, CA is $324,426 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $278,182 and $389,454. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.
Salary range for a Category Lead
$278,182 to $389,454
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Category Lead
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What does a Category Lead do?
Common responsibilities of a Category Lead
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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Category Lead Salary By Experience Levels in San Jose, CA
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Category Lead Salary By Level of Education in San Jose, CA
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Average Salary Range for Category Lead in San Jose, CA
Average Base Salary
Core compensation
278182
389454
Average Total Cash Compensation
Includes base and annual incentives
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 San Jose, CA. The base salary for Category Lead ranges from $278,182 to $389,454 with the average base salary of $324,426. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $329,638 to $517,699 with the average total cash compensation of $409,264.
View Average Salary for Category Lead as table
| Average Salary | Average Salary Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Salary | $324,426 | $278,182 - $389,454 |
| Bonus | $84,838 | $51,456 - $128,245 |
| Total Pay | $409,264 | $329,638 - $517,699 |
* 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 San Jose, CA
| CITY, STATE | AVERAGE SALARY RANGE | COMPARE TO San Jose, CA |
|---|---|---|
| CITY, STATE Santa Clara, CA | AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $278,182 - $389,454 | COMPARE TO San Jose, CA 0% |
| CITY, STATE Santa Cruz, CA | AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $246,552 - $345,171 | COMPARE TO San Jose, CA |
| CITY, STATE Fremont, CA | AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $277,650 - $388,709 | COMPARE TO San Jose, CA |
| CITY, STATE Hayward, CA | AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $269,981 - $377,972 | COMPARE TO San Jose, CA |
| CITY, STATE Oakland, CA | AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $270,424 - $378,592 | COMPARE TO San Jose, CA |
| CITY, STATE Daly City, CA | AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $277,074 - $387,902 | COMPARE TO San Jose, CA |
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About San Jose, California
San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 180.0 sq mi (466 km2), of which 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2) (1.91%) is water, making it the fourth-largest California city by land area (after Los Angeles, San Diego and California City).
San Jose lies between the San Andreas Fault, the source of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and the Calaveras Fault. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes on average one or two times a year. These quakes originate just east of the city on...
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