JP Purchasing Consultancy provides hotel purchasing and opening services including FF&E and OS&E ordering, installations, revenue consulting, supplier negotiations, and project management. Recent projects include a Novotel opening in 2016 and numerous hotel openings for The Vincent Hotel Group from 2013-2016. Services include purchasing setup, contract negotiations, and product development resulting in significant cost savings.

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. Current project(s)
4 star Novotel at Hoofddorp opening Q1 2016

3. Successfully completed projects
period 1992 – 2014:

4. Holiday Inn
Arena Towers Amsterdam
opened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 16, 2014

5. Holiday Inn Express
Arena Towers Amsterdam
opened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 16, 2014

6. Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam
Arena-Boulevard
opened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 16, 2013

7. Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam
Airport Schiphol
opened for The Vincent Hotel Group April 25, 2013

8. Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam
Central Station
opened for The Vincent Hotel Group May 2, 2013

9. Holiday Inn Express Arnhem
opened for The Vincent Hotel Group April 11, 2013

10. Holiday Inn Express The Hague Parliament
Opened for The Vincent Hotel Group, December 20,
2012

11. Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam South
opened for The Vincent Hotel Group June 1st
2012

12. Holiday Inn Express Utrecht Papendorp
Opened for The Vincent Hotel Group August 30, 2012

13. Crowne Plaza Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Food & Beverage consultancy 1st quarter 2010

14. 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

15. • 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.

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

17. 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

18. Apollo Hotels & Resorts
2008

19. 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,-

20. Crowne Plaza Brussel Airport

21. Holiday Inn Amsterdam Schiphol
for Westbridge Europe

22. 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

23. 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

24. The Dylan Amsterdam

25. 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

26. Schloss Hotel Vierjahreszeiten Berlin

27. 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

28. Amstel InterContinental Amsterdam

29. 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.

30. 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

31. 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,-

32. 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,-

33. 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,-

34. 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)

35. 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

36. • 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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