Janine van der Molen

When Janine van der Molen moved to One Diversified Germany in 2025, she brought something difficult to recreate quickly: years of trusted supplier relationships built across the AV industry.

As purchasing specialist, she has used those relationships to help establish the commercial foundations of Diversified’s German operation. Over the past year, van der Molen has expanded the supplier network, developed new partnerships and negotiated improved partner status, rebates and purchasing terms. Her work is aimed at strengthening margins while giving the business greater flexibility as it scales.

Changing employer also gave van der Molen a clearer sense of the value of the reputation she had built since entering AV in 2018. She says suppliers and partners choosing to continue working with her demonstrated that those relationships were based on personal trust and credibility, not simply the organisation she represented.

Developing others is another priority. After gaining an official trainer qualification through Germany’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce in 2023, she served on an IHK examination board during 2024 and 2025 and hopes to return to that voluntary work.

During the pandemic, van der Molen also worked weekends on a Covid-19 hospital ward, supporting seriously ill patients often isolated from their families. She says the experience changed how she thinks about resilience, compassion and the way she prioritises life outside work.