Clint Bailey
Alvaton
Summary
Experienced procurement specialist skilled in vendor negotiations, inventory management, and cost analysis. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, with flexible approach to changing needs. Known for strategic planning, market research, and ensuring timely delivery of quality products. Dependable and efficient in fast-paced environments.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer - Current Role
Shoals Technologies Group
2025 - Current
- In this role I am responsible for the day-to-day planning, purchasing, and supply stability of raw materials, components, electronics, and connectors that feed Shoals’ production operations.
- Coordinate procurement of raw materials, components, electronics, and connectors using appropriate methods including bidding, contracting, ordering, expediting, and arranging transportation.
- Negotiate pricing and commercial terms with suppliers; ensure proper terms and conditions are included on all purchase orders.
- Perform daily planning and purchasing activities to maintain acceptable inventory levels and support production requirements, managing associated Min/Max levels and risk.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to material planning, price discrepancies, purchase orders, requisitions, and vendor delivery/receipt issues.
- Support Accounts Payable as the procurement point of contact, helping resolve invoicing and payable discrepancies and routing issues to the correct entity.
- Manage MRP processes and coordinate RMA’s, deviations, ECNs, and FRRs as required to support engineering, quality, and operations.
- Keep up with best practices in procurement and supply chain management, supporting Shoals’ broader procurement initiatives, SOX-aligned practices, and inventory management programs.
- Act as a resource on procurement processes and systems, helping others understand how materials flow, how we buy, and how to resolve vendor issues efficiently.
- Managed supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of materials
- Conducted market research to identify cost-effective purchasing options
- Coordinated inventory management processes to maintain optimal stock levels
Senior Buyer
Franklin Precision Industry
07.2022 - 04.2025
- Prepare, solicit, and evaluate technical request for quotation documents
- Acts as primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts for all responsible purchases
- Acquire materials, supplies, packaging, and services, placing purchase orders for goods that have requisition approval
- Maintains constant contact and coordination with end users, suppliers, subcontractors, and freight companies to ensure compliance with each contract
- Provide cost analysis data to management for strategic decision making
- Manage new model material, component, equipment, or tooling readiness projects
- Foster and develop philosophy to select, develop, and manage suppliers
- Completed cost reduction activities that saved company totaling 6 million dollars
- Created training template to be followed for all new hires
- Assisted with onboarding responsibilities including: interviewing, candidate selection, and training
- Prepare and process annual forecasts for over 1000 components
- Support senior management with annual fiscal year budget
- Compare and analyze forecast with supplier capacity levels
Operations Bookkeeper
Volunteer State Bank
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Balance daily General Ledgers
- Balance Teller Ledger recons daily
- Process and file bills to be paid weekly
- Process customer debit card fraud transactions
- Verify outgoing wires sent to other financial institutions
- Receive and process incoming wires from other financial institutions
- Train new employees to perform work in accordance to FDIC procedures
- Maintain office supplies with inventory management and purchasing
Relationship Banker
Limestone Bank
11.2019 - 03.2021
- Develop new leads to drive sales opportunities through cold calling, networking, COI’s and partnerships
- Perform Teller duties, process daily reports, meet and exceed referral goals, manage ATM balancing and maintenance
- Qualify potential members for membership by accounts: Checking, savings, CDs, and IRAs
Store Manager
Luxottica Sunglass Hut-Cabelas
01.2019 - 10.2019
- Perform managerial tasks - opening, inventory, sunglass care, training, maintaining clean work environment, and closing
- Practice stop, drop, and sale to better accommodate customers
- Handle product shipments upon arrival
- Hire new employees
- Make weekly schedules
- Provided store management and scheduling
- Achieved sales goals
- Develop training program to ensure all team members were trained to completion
- Trained, developed, and managed store employees
- Developed a productive team environment
- Processed team members time cards
- Oversaw remodel schedule and development
General Help
Country Oven Bakery
07.2018 - 04.2019
- Maintaining line stocked with cake pans
- Help with mixing, baking, and distributing cake batter
- Maintaining clean work environment
- Drove Baker’s Truck to help move ingredients
Mechanic
CountrySide Motorworks
02.2016 - 06.2018
- Assisted in the startup of the locally owned business by taking on a wide set of tasks
- Operate and utilize mechanical know-how on a diverse array of vehicles
- Keep workspace clean and orderly to meet company standard of excellence
Certified Trainer
Chick-fil-A
09.2011 - 02.2016
- Greet customers, take orders, and utilize cash register as a well-rounded employee
- Trained one of the owners in the business of Chick-Fil-A
- Maintained a clean store environment by paying attention to surroundings and making sure that others did the same
- Helped develop training program and curriculum to put employees on path to success within Chick-Fil-A and career development
- Trained new team members in that curriculum to lead the entire store to success
- Retrain current employees constantly to keep the company standard of employee success
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY05.2022
Skills
- Data-driven decision making
- Purchase order tracking
- Collaborative team management
- Strong organizational abilities
- Cost-effective procurement strategies
- Supplier performance optimization
- Inventory management
- Supplier relationship management
- Contract negotiation
- Effective presentation skills
- Excel proficiency
Accomplishments
- Turned around a chronically underperforming supplier into a reliable strategic partner by attacking root causes of late shipments and misalignment, restoring on-time delivery and stabilizing material flow for key components. Received comment“the best relationship and communication we’ve ever had with Shoals
- Led cost reduction activities that saved the company $6M, using supplier negotiations, resourcing, and ongoing cost-down projects.
- Prepared and processed annual forecasts for 1,000+ components, comparing them to supplier capacity to prevent shortages and support production needs
- Inherited a significant backlog of overdue component orders and systematically worked it down from a high volume to weekly overview, stabilizing supply, cleaning up MRP signals, and giving Production and Planning a clear picture of true material status.
Affiliations
Deacon at Alvaton Church of Christ
Kentucky Colonel
Languages
English
Interests
Outdoor Recreation
Playing Sports
DIY and Home Improvement
Exploring famous landmarks, historical sites, and cultural attractions in a new destination
Gardening
Links
http://www.linkedin.com/in/clint-bailey-90980110b
Timeline
Senior Buyer
Franklin Precision Industry
07.2022 - 04.2025
Operations Bookkeeper
Volunteer State Bank
03.2021 - 07.2022
Relationship Banker
Limestone Bank
11.2019 - 03.2021
Store Manager
Luxottica Sunglass Hut-Cabelas
01.2019 - 10.2019
General Help
Country Oven Bakery
07.2018 - 04.2019
Mechanic
CountrySide Motorworks
02.2016 - 06.2018
Certified Trainer
Chick-fil-A
09.2011 - 02.2016
Buyer - Current Role
Shoals Technologies Group
2025 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Western Kentucky University