JP Purchasing Consultancy provides purchasing consulting services for hotels, including furniture, fixtures, and equipment ordering; installations; negotiations with operational suppliers; and purchasing restructuring. The company has experience with hotel openings, refurbishments, and working with hotel groups like The Vincent Hotel Group and Womitex. Recent projects included purchasing consulting for hotel openings by The Vincent Hotel Group in 2013 and working with Womitex from 2010 to present.

1. 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

2. 2013 activities:
• Purchasing consultant FF&E for The Vincent
Hotel Group (Dutch Hotel Partners)
• Purchasing Consultant at Womitex BV, The
Netherlands, Belgium and Germany

3. The Vincent Hotel group
• Opening hotels 2013:
• Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam Schiphol
• Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam Arena Station
• Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam Central Station
• Holiday Inn Express Arnhem
• Hotels in progress in Amsterdam, Maastricht,
Groningen, Almere, Rotterdam, The Hague,
Haarlem, Eindhoven etc.

4. Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam
Arena-Boulevard
opening May 16

5. Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam
Airport Schiphol
opening April 25

6. Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam
Central Station
opening May 2

7. Holiday Inn Express Arnhem
opening April 11

8. Holiday Inn Express The Hague Parliament

9. Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam South

10. Holiday Inn Express Utrecht Papendorp

11. 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

12. Crowne Plaza Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Food & Beverage consultancy 2010

13. • Womitex is the first linen management company to have a
complete professional and certified ecologic and Fairtrade
range of products available for the hospitality industry.

14. Hotel opening projects
2008 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

15. Radisson Sas Zurich, Hilton The Hague, Citizen M Schiphol
Sheraton Barcelona, Sheraton Athlone, Sheraton Bratislava

16. Apollo Hotels & Resorts
• Set up purchasing from zero for 11 hotels in
Benelux
• Period June 1 2008 up to December 31 2008

17. Apollo Hotels & Resorts
2008

18. Hotel openings
2003 Crowne Plaza Brussel Airport
2007 Holiday Inn Amsterdam Schiphol
Activities:
• Purchasing activities as Regional Purchasing Manager, mainly operational
equipment
• Negotiations with suppliers for all operational issues.
• Designer: HD Design

19. Holiday Inn Amsterdam Schiphol

20. Crowne Plaza Brussel Airport

21. Hotel refurbishment
2007 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

22. The Dylan Amsterdam

23. Hotel opening
1994 Schloss Hotel Vierjahreszeiten
Berlin, Germany
Activities:
• Purchasing activities FF&E and OS&E from London IPS office
• FF&E installation, 4 months Berlin
• Designers: Ezra Attia, Karl Lagerfeld

24. Schloss Hotel Vierjahreszeiten Berlin

25. Hotel opening
1992 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

26. Amstel InterContinental Amsterdam

27. 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

28. Supplier negotiations
2008 Apollo Hotels & Resorts
11 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,-

29. 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,-

30. Supplier negotiations
1999 – 2006 InterContinental Hotels Group Benelux area
11 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,-

31. 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)

32. References
• Rob Spiekerman
• Director of Operations
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• Hanghzhou, China
• 008613958029260
• Rob.Spiekerman@ihg.com
• Christian Beek
• Directeur Général / CEO
• Glion Institute of Higher Education
• Rue de l'Ondine no 20
• CH - 1630 Bulle
• 004179 201 1074
• christian.beek@glion.ch
• Heinz O. Strobl
• Former COO InterContinental Hotels
• Kastanjelaan 12
• 2061 ER Bloemendaal
• The Netherlands
• 0031650641039
• Heinz_Strobl@hotmail.com
• Anthony Nibbelink
• Former DOO InterContinental Hotels
• Kruistraat 110
• Brakel, Belgium
• 0032475245078
• Anthony.Nibbelink@hotmail.com

33. • Company name: JP Purchasing Consultancy BV
• Owner: Jan Piet Jacobi
• Address: L.J.M. Beelstraat 45
1067 WH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
• Email: jacobi10@zonnet.nl
• Telephone: + 31652663360
• Chamber of Commerce: KvK 34260569
• V.A.T.: NL817268698B01
• Tax service number: 085089564
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