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Category Head Salaries

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Last updated on October 15, 2024

Average salary is ₹27.5lakhs.

Employees as Category Head earn an average of ₹27.5lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹21.0lakhs to ₹50.0lakhs based on 204 profiles.

👨‍💻 Male	₹27lakhs Male Average Salary : ₹ 27 lakhs
👩‍💻 Female	₹27lakhs Female Average Salary : ₹ 27 lakhs

For every ₹100 paid to men, women are paid ₹100

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Salary Profiles

Company	Title	Experience	Annual Salary	School	Skills
Philips India	Category Head Male	13.8yrs	CTC:₹25.2lakhs	Xavier Institute of Management Shaheed Udham Singh Institute of Management & IT	Category mana Product Launch Business pl Sales Customer Focused Marketing
FUTURE GROUP Mumbai	Category Head - MOBILES, IT, TV & Audio (Consumer Audio Video) - CDIT Male	17yrs	CTC:₹28.0lakhs	Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies Karnataka University	Category Head Sales Operations Client Relationship Management Key Account Management Channel Sales Sales Management (Show More) Market Penetration Marketing Management Market Planning Sales Head (B2C) Business Development Sales Planning Market Research SAP
Mainline & Luxure for Louis Philippe Bangalore/Bengaluru	Category Head Product	20yrs	CTC:₹38.0lakhs	Indian Institute of Management BAngalore Amravati University	Sales Marketing Business Development Sales Planning Revenue Generation Textile (Show More) Apparel Industry Apparel Merchandising Apparel Sourcing Apparel Production Category Head Product Sales Promotion Product Development
Vedantu Innovations Bangalore/Bengaluru	Category Head - Strategy and Growth	8yrs	CTC:₹40.0lakhs	National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)	Category Head Sales Management Business Development Category Management Strategic Planning New Product Launch (Show More) Change Management Revenue Expansion Business Growth Marketing Process Design PMP Operational Head Pnl Management Team Leading
More Retail Mumbai	Category Head Footwear Sourcing and Merchandising	17yrs	CTC:₹27.0lakhs	National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)	Category Head Retail Planning Category Management Merchandising Inventory Management Order Management (Show More) Product Development Pricing Business Development Vendor Development marketing strategies sourcing strategy
MORE Retail (formerly Aditya Birla Retail) Mumbai	National Category Head- General Merchandise	8yrs	CTC:₹20.0lakhs	Welingkar Institute of Management Mumbai University	National Category Head Head/VP/GM Sales Marketing Business Development Channel Development (Show More) Distribution Management Key Accounts management Category management Trade marketing Brand management Retail operations Team Management
OneAssist Consumer Solutions Bangalore/Bengaluru	Category Head and Product Manager - Mobility	10yrs	CTC:₹43.0lakhs	Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT)	Category Head Product Strategy Category Management New Product Development Product Life-Cycle Management Pricing Strategy (Show More) Strategic Alliances Customer Segmentation Data Analytics Revenue Management Portfolio Management Tableau SQL JIRA Agile excel powerpoint
Whirlpool of India Gurgaon/Gurugram	National Category Head- Consumer Durables	15yrs	CTC:₹45.0lakhs	Global Institute of Management Kalyani University	National Category Head Head/VP/GM/National Manager -Sales B2C Sales Strategic Business Planning Key Account Management Market Penetration (Show More) Revenue Generation Market Expansion Promotional Strategies Budgeting. Regional Manager Channel Management Sales
Hero MotoCorp Gurgaon/Gurugram	Category Head, Scooters & New Mobility Segments	11yrs	CTC:₹31.0lakhs	Indian Institute of Management (IIM) National Institute of Technology (NIT)	Product Strategy Product Life Cycle Management Electric Vehicle Business Intelligence Strategic Planning Consumer Insights (Show More) Data Analysis Market Research Team Building Strategy Business Analysis Business Strategy Corporate Strategy
Reliance Retail Gurgaon/Gurugram	Category Head Men's Wear (DGM - Buying & Merchandising)	15yrs	CTC:₹38.0lakhs	New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) Delhi University	Men's Category Head Merchandiser Category Management Product Development Product Planning Strategic Planning (Show More) Product Promotion Cost Control. Buying Manager Apparel Merchandising Apparel Sourcing Retail Merchandising Category Head Product Manager

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Frequently asked questions

How much do Category Head employees make?

Employees as Category Head earn an average of ₹27.5lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹21.0lakhs per year to ₹50.0lakhs per year based on 204 profiles. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹42.7lakhs per year.

What is the average salary of Category Head?

Average salary of an employee as Category Head is ₹27.5lakhs.

What is the highest salary offered as Category Head?

Highest reported salary offered as Category Head is ₹50.0lakhs. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹42.7lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹50.0lakhs per year.

What are the most common skills required as Category Head?

37% of employees have skills in category management . 34% also know business development . 23% also know marketing .

What are the highest paying jobs as Category Head?

The top 5 highest paying jobs as Category Head with reported salaries are:

general manager - ₹33.0lakhs per year
national category head - ₹32.0lakhs per year
head - ₹31.0lakhs per year
category head - ₹26.0lakhs per year
dgm - ₹26.0lakhs per year

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Category Head?

The median salary approximately calculated from salary profiles measured so far is ₹27.0lakhs per year.

How is the age distributed among employees as Category Head?

37% of employees lie between 31-36 yrs . 35% of the employees fall in the age group of 36-41 yrs .

What qualifications do employees have as Category Head?

65% of employees have a PostGraduate degree. 8% hold a Graduate degree.

Which schools do employees working as Category Head went to?

14% of employees studied at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) . 10% studied at Mumbai University .

Frequently asked questions

How much do Category Head employees make?

What is the average salary of Category Head?

Average salary of an employee as Category Head is ₹27.5lakhs.

What is the highest salary offered as Category Head?

What are the most common skills required as Category Head?

37% of employees have skills in category management . 34% also know business development . 23% also know marketing .

What are the highest paying jobs as Category Head?

The top 5 highest paying jobs as Category Head with reported salaries are:

general manager - ₹33.0lakhs per year
national category head - ₹32.0lakhs per year
head - ₹31.0lakhs per year
category head - ₹26.0lakhs per year
dgm - ₹26.0lakhs per year

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Category Head?

The median salary approximately calculated from salary profiles measured so far is ₹27.0lakhs per year.

How is the age distributed among employees as Category Head?

37% of employees lie between 31-36 yrs . 35% of the employees fall in the age group of 36-41 yrs .

What qualifications do employees have as Category Head?

65% of employees have a PostGraduate degree. 8% hold a Graduate degree.

Which schools do employees working as Category Head went to?

14% of employees studied at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) . 10% studied at Mumbai University .

Salary Brackets

Percentage
10-20 lakhs	10-20 lakhs Percentage : 30
20-30 lakhs	20-30 lakhs Percentage : 27
30-40 lakhs	30-40 lakhs Percentage : 27
40-50 lakhs	40-50 lakhs Percentage : 10
> 50 lakhs	> 50 lakhs Percentage : 5

Age Brackets

Percentage
21-26 yrs	21-26 yrs Percentage : 1
26-31 yrs	26-31 yrs Percentage : 14
31-36 yrs	31-36 yrs Percentage : 37
36-41 yrs	36-41 yrs Percentage : 35
> 41 yrs	> 41 yrs Percentage : 11

Skills

Trending

category management

37 %

business development

34 %

marketing

23 %

brand management

6 %

product management

0 %

sales

0 %

strategic planning

0 %

Schools

Top

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)

14 %

Mumbai University

10 %

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

5 %

Allahabad University

3 %

Delhi University - Other

3 %

Indian School of Business (ISB)

3 %

Lucknow University

3 %

Category Head Salaries

Average salary is ₹27.5lakhs.

How much do Category Head employees make?

What is the average salary of Category Head?

What is the highest salary offered as Category Head?

What are the most common skills required as Category Head?

What are the highest paying jobs as Category Head?

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Category Head?

How is the age distributed among employees as Category Head?

What qualifications do employees have as Category Head?

Which schools do employees working as Category Head went to?

How much do Category Head employees make?

What is the average salary of Category Head?

What is the highest salary offered as Category Head?

What are the most common skills required as Category Head?

What are the highest paying jobs as Category Head?

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Category Head?

How is the age distributed among employees as Category Head?

What qualifications do employees have as Category Head?

Which schools do employees working as Category Head went to?

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