Steven Declercq

I help senior leaders and teams move through hard transitions and into their best work | Coaching · Advisory · Search

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

🌍 Expat in Munich Actively expanding personal and business networks in Munich. 🏆 Leadership Philosophy: Focused on fostering team spirit, cooperation, and pure performance to deliver exceptional customer service. 📈 Core Expertise: Sales management: strategy, P&L, systems, performance, results Creating high-performance cultures Client relationship management People & team management Team building: hiring, training, coaching Succession planning Direct search & selection 🖥️ Headhunting expertise: Executive Search for CTO, IT managers, IT Architects, Portfolio/Project managers, and Engineers in: Cybersecurity, Data Science, AI/ML, Blockchain, Cloud, SaaS 🌐 International Experience: Multilingual expat with experience in diverse markets 🤝 Let's collaborate to find top talent and build exceptional teams.

Experience

  • Advisory Board Member at THE VISION
    Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Provide expert advice to help companies transform, grow and innovate

  • Senior Business Manager at SThree
    Jun 2024 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Leading multiple teams to success. We deliver expert staffing service for senior appointments in Lifescience, Engineering, IT and Finance.

  • Founder at STAFF Recruitment
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2023 · 6 yrs

    Executive search. Proactive search and selection for strategic positions within global, innovative STEM businesses.

  • Computer Futures (3 yrs 3 mos)
    • Business Manager Nordics and Hamburg region
      Sep 2016 - Jan 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Responsible for all management, hiring, retention, training, motivation, performance and sales results of several recruitment teams, leading up to 30 people. With an intense, cooperative team effort we consistently pushed the bar, exceeded expectations and led by example. Results: several team of the year awards, consistent top performing team, legacy of successful top billers and strong double digit growth.

    • Business Manager
      Oct 2015 - Jan 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Responsible for all management, hiring, retention, training, motivation, performance and sales results of several recruitment teams, leading up to 30 people. With an intense, cooperative team effort we consistently pushed the bar, exceeded expectations and led by example. Results: several team of the year awards, consistent top performing team, legacy of successful top billers and strong double digit growth.

    • Sales Manager
      Nov 2014 - Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Managing the IT permanent staffing division in Hamburg. We deliver specialist staffing services in - SAP: HR, FI/CO, HCM, CRM, SD, MM, Abap, Basis - Software development and architecture: PHP, Java, .Net, C# - Mobile development: Android, iOs, Xamarin, Blackberry - IT System engineers and architects: Linux, Windows, Cisco - Database Developers and Administrators: Oracle, SQL Server - IT Project management and IT management

  • Sales Team Manager at Progressive Recruitment
    Oct 2012 - Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Set up a new team to develop new markets. Account & sales management, team management.