Jon Tillotson

About Jon Tillotson

Project Manager and Procurement Professional with an entrepreneurial spirit and team mentality. Fifteen years of experience in project management, procurement of FF & E, OS & E, and sales. Sixteen years cumulative experience in the hotel industry with construction, operations, management, ownership, and vendor relationships across the World. Managed FF & E / OS & E budgets at $10 million+.Sales and account management experience as well, executing sales cycle in multi-million dollar sales from initial contact to contract to project completion and account management.

Experience

1. Senior Project Manager

   Hpg International

   Jan 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Manage FF & E procurement for upscale hotel projects across the United States. Responsibilities include design review, bidding, budgeting, PO issuance, shop drawings coordination, coordination of logistics, warehousing, and installation, and updates to clients and ownership groups. Created process improvements including automated project updates for clients and ownership groups, shop drawing and finish approval tracker for design teams, and automated project timeline generation.Projects thus far have included but are not limited to:Tempo by Hilton - New York City Times SquareFontainebleau - Las VegasVanderbilt - Newport, RIYale Club of New York City

Education

• University of Kent

  BA (Exchange Year), Political Science and Government

  1998 — 1999

• University of KwaZulu-Natal

  Masters, Economics

  2000 — 2001

• University of South Carolina

  BA, Political Science and Government

  1995 — 1999