Gerald Cates

Gerald Cates is an experienced cost accountant currently employed at Ohio Gratings, Inc. since December 2022. Prior to this role, Gerald accumulated nearly two decades of expertise at The Timken Company, where responsibilities included supporting the costing of over 2 million materials, conducting SAP training for new plants, and resolving costing errors as an operations controlling specialist. In previous positions, Gerald provided SAP support for the CO module, focusing on cost center planning and material standards, and as a senior cost accountant, conducted reviews of plant variances while setting annual cost center rates and material standard costs.