JP Purchasing Consultancy takes care of the following activities:

• Hotel openings

• FF&E and OS&E ordering

• FF&E Installations

• F&B revenue consultant

• Negotatiations operational suppliers

• Purchasing re-structering and co-ordination within individual hotels, hotel groups and Hospitality related businesses

• Product development

Successfully completed projectsperiod 1992 – 2014:

Holiday Inn Arena Towers Amsterdam

opened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 16, 2014

Holiday Inn Express Arena Towers Amsterdam

opened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 16, 2014

Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam

Arena-Boulevardopened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 16, 2013

Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam

Airport Schipholopened for The Vincent Hotel Group April 25, 2013

Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam Central Station

opened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 2, 2013

Holiday Inn Express Arnhemopened for The Vincent Hotel Group April 11, 2013

Holiday Inn Express The Hague Parliament

Opened for The Vincent Hotel Group, December 20, 2012

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam Southopened for The Vincent Hotel Group June 1st 2012

Holiday Inn Express Utrecht PapendorpOpened for The Vincent Hotel Group August 30, 2012

Crowne Plaza Causeway Bay Hong Kong

Food & Beverage consultancy 1st quarter 2010

Recent activities

• 2012 January - present FF&E purchasing for The Vincent Hotel Group

• 2010 March-present Womitex BV, Womitex GmbH, purchasing consultancy, contract management re-structuring.

• Purchasing planning and negotiations period 2011-2014• Development of new products

• 2010, January/February Food & Beverage revenue consultant for Crowne Plaza Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

• 2009 Womitex BV, Womitex GmbH, re-structuring purchasing for both The Netherlands and Germany.

• 2008 Purchasing set-up for Apollo Hotels and resorts Benelux

• Womitex was the first linen management company to have a complete professional and certified ecologic and Fairtrade

range of products available for the hospitality industry.

Hotel opening projects2008 Parker International Europe, Amsterdam (january –

june)

Involved in following hotelopening projects:

• Radisson SAS Zürich, Switzerland

• Hilton The Hague, the Netherlands

• Citizen M Amsterdam Schiphol, The Netherlands

• Sheraton Barcelona, Spain

• Sheraton Athlone ,Ireland

• Sheraton Bratislava, Slovakia

Radisson Sas Zurich, Hilton The Hague, Citizen M Schiphol

Sheraton Barcelona, Sheraton Athlone, Sheraton Bratislava

Apollo Hotels & Resorts2008

Apollo Hotels & Resorts

• Set up purchasing from zero for 11 hotels in Benelux

• Period June 1 2008 up to December 31 2008• Achieved savings > € 400.000,-

Hotel openings

2003 Crowne Plaza Brussel Airport2007 Holiday Inn Amsterdam Schiphol

Activities:

• Purchasing activities as Regional Purchasing Manager, mainly operational equipment

• Negotiations with suppliers for all operational issues.

• Designer: HD Design

Holiday Inn Amsterdam Schiphol

for Westbridge Europe

Crowne Plaza Brussel Airport

Hotel refurbishment2007 The Dylan Amsterdam, former Blakes Hotel

(no designer involved, self supporting)

Activities:

• New, more practical and comfortable design in the hotel rooms:

• Seatings• Desks • Beds• Lighting• Wall covering• Bathrooms

The Dylan Amsterdam

Hotel opening

1994 Schloss Hotel Vierjahreszeiten, Berlin, Germany(For Albeck & Zehden Hotels)

Activities:

• Purchasing activities FF&E and OS&E from London IPS office

• FF&E installation, 4 months Berlin

• Designers: Karl Lagerfeld, Ezra Attia

Schloss Hotel Vierjahreszeiten Berlin

Hotel opening1992 Amstel InterContinental Amsterdam

Activities:

• € 48 Million project

• Full purchase FF&E, new, renovated and antique

• Full purchase OS&E

• FF&E Installation

• Budget control

• Designer: Pierre-Yves Rochon

Amstel InterContinental Amsterdam

Amstel Hotel was twice completely hired by the Dutch Royal Family, 1998 and 2002 and by Dutch Government for the

European Top in 1997

Some of the Royal guests since 1992 in random order:• Royal Dutch Family• Danish Royal Family• Prince Charles• Swedish Royal Family• Norwegian Royal Family• Belgian Royal Family• Luxembourg Royal Family• Farah Diba• Begum Inaara Aga Khan• Japanese Emperor Family• Spanish Royal Family• Greece Royal Family

Some of the important guests since 1992 in random order:• Nelson Mandela• Bill Clinton• Take That• Madeleine Allbright• Rolling Stones• Joe Cocker• Tommy Hilfiger• Cast of Ocean’s twelve: Brad Pitt,

George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones etc.

Negotiation operational issues:

(not limited to)• Cleaning (Rooms and Public area’s)• Linen (owned or lease)• Chemicals• Disposables• Guest Amenities• Technical Supplies• Office Supplies / Furniture• Printing & Stationary• Fresh Food, total package• Beer, soft drinks, mineral water, hard liquor etc.• Wines• Wastage• Public toilet supplies

Supplier negotiations

2008 Apollo Hotels & Resorts11 hotels in The Netherlands & Belgium)

Activities:• Co-ordination between the hotels from the purchasing side

• Contract negotiations on major operational issues, such as but not limited to:

• Fresh Food, Beer, mineral water and soft drinks, wastage, linen, disposables and chemicals

• Proven savings achieved in 6 months >€ 400.000,-

Supplier negotiations

2007 Westbridge Hotels Europe

28 hotels in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Italy. Crowne Plaza Amsterdam City Centre joined the purchasing group.

Activities:

• Fresh Food, Beer, mineral water, soft drinks, wastage, linen, disposables and chemicals, Car park, technical supplies

• Proven savings: € 260.000,-

Supplier negotiations

1999 – 2006 InterContinental Hotels Group Benelux area11 hotels of which 4 hotels in Belgium, 7 in The Netherlands

InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Activities:

• All purchasing issues and contract negotiations, F&B, Rooms, Technical.

Proven savings:• 2004 >€ 250.000,-• 2005 >€ 200.000,-• 2006 >€ 400.000,-

Back ground experience• 1970-1972 Kitchen trainee

• 1972-1976 Commis de cuisine/chef de partie

• 1976-1980 Restaurant Waiter, hotel receptionist, Chef reception, Assistant Manager

• 1980-1988 Chief Steward, F&B Cost Control, Duty Manager, Banqueting Manager, Ass. F&B Manager, F&B Manager, Purchasing Manager

• 1986-2006 Regional Purchasing Manager, member Executive Team(for details, see projects)

• 2007-present Owner JP Purchasing Consultancy (for details, see projects)

References• Rob Spiekerman• Reg. General Manager Jiangsu• InterContinental Hotels Group• Nanjing, China• 008613958029260• Rob.Spiekerman@ihg.com

 

• Christian Beek• Manager, Industry Relations • NHTV Academy of Hotel Management• Sibeliuslaan 13

4837 CA  Breda• Beek.C@nhtv.nl

• Heinz O. Strobl• Former COO InterContinental Hotels• 5062KV Oisterwijk• Willem Alexanderlaan  5• The Netherlands• 0031650641039• Heinz_Strobl@hotmail.com

• Anthony Nibbelink• Former DOO InterContinental Hotels• Kruistraat 110• Brakel, Belgium• 0032475245078• Anthony.Nibbelink@hotmail.com

• Company name: JP Purchasing Consultancy BV• Owner: Jan Piet Jacobi• Address: L.J.M. Beelstraat 45

1067 WH AmsterdamThe Netherlands

• Email: jacobi10@zonnet.nl• Telephone: + 31652663360• Chamber of Commerce: KvK 34260569• V.A.T.: NL817268698B01• Tax service number: 085089564

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