Mark Gallagher Email & Phone Number

Marietta, OH, US

Fountain Inn, South Carolina, United States

KYOCERA AVX as Division Controller, Tantalum. In this role, provide financial oversight and leadership for the Tantalum manufacturing plants, including four outside the US. Work closely with cross-functional teams to support the profitability and growth of the Tantalum division.

Spartanburg, SC

• Fiscal management of all areas within accounting for paper and nonwoven business unit primarily in Spartanburg, SC and Torrington, CT. Direct interaction with business management as well as corporate leadership at US.
• Business partnering with two VP/GM’s (paper/nonwoven), two global VP/CFO’s. Active leadership of initiative to source capital equipment sales from the US. Previously US sales focused on a service center and spare.
• Move from three profit centers to thirteen covering paper service and added nonwoven technologies (needle punch, calendar, hydro, converting, and wet laid. Capital managed as largely pass through revenue to other.
• All closing and forecasting within business areas and improved tools/methodologies for both service and capital such that the global Nonwovens business planning is coordinated among centers of excellence.
• Key metrics include P&L, Regions/Subproduct, Balance Sheet Reserves/Cleanup, Net Working Capital, Backlog order intake. Total operating costs (SG&A) targeting a sub 10% of sales metric
• Hedging with treasury all individual items over a certain threshold to lock in certainty.

Direct management of all financial aspects of the Aerospace Operational and Supply Chain leadership teams and coordinated operations-related contributions for FP&A activities (forecasting/reporting/strategic planning). Role encompassed all internal controls, operations costs of $350M, material costs of $400M, and revenue of $1B annually generated across 15.

Held various finance positions within Manufacturing (Kentucky Truck Plant), Commercial/Profit Analysis (Lincoln-Mercury), Internal Audit (GAO Office), Strategic Planning (Cycle Planning), and Cost Management. Moved among assignments to several geographic locations; twice in Dearborn, MI headquarters.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance And Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Economics

Economics