Stefan Klose is a Vice President, Global Operations at Gilbarco Veeder-Root at Gilbarco Veeder-Root. He possess expertise in value stream mapping, kaizen, lean manufacturing, operations management, cross functional team leadership and 22 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I have known Stefan since 2011 when I joined Gilbarco as Global Controller and over the good years have had the good fortune to learn from and partner with him and his team in various settings, including supporting President’s Kaizens he led and partnering with him and his finance and operations organization in our ongoing efforts to drive manufacturing productivity. Stefan is an exceptional lean thinker and practitioner and as a leader consistently champions, models and coaches this mindset within his organization. This has been the solid, foundational base from which the business has outperformed in recent years. Supporting expansion into new high-growth markets and growing share via new product introductions, whilst continuing to drive across the board productivity improvements. I also appreciate Stefan’s ability to guide the business whilst acting with the utmost integrity and making smart risk-taking decisions to ensure the balance between quality, cost, and delivery is maintained at an optimal level for his customers, both internal and external."