Karla Collins
Panama City,FL
Summary
Highly-motivated professional with past management experience of 25 years. Strong desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
1
1
Certification
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Title Clerk Specialist
Bill Cramer Chevrolet Buick GMC
Panama City, Florida
02.2024 - Current
- Processed vehicle titles and registrations for Bill Cramer Chevrolet Buick GMC deals.
- Verified VINs, odometer readings, and owner details on title documents.
- Prepared lien release forms and payoff paperwork for financed vehicle transactions.
- Submitted registration packets to DMV and tax offices.
- Entered deal data into dealership systems and title records.
- Communicated with lenders, customers, and tag agencies about title status.
- Prepared lien releases and payoff documents for financed vehicle transactions.
Mobile Notary Services
Self-employeed
Panama City, Florida
09.2020 - 02.2024
- Traveled to various locations within an assigned area providing mobile notary services.
- Traveled to various locations to provide mobile notary services.
- Implemented back-end services to support the development of mobile applications.
Manager
Motorvation Auto Sales
Panama City, Florida
02.2018 - 09.2020
- Managed daily auto sales operations and customer service at Motorvation Auto Sales.
- Coordinated vehicle inventory, pricing, and lot presentation for showroom readiness.
- Reviewed trade-in appraisals, purchase paperwork, and deal accuracy.
- Handled customer questions about financing, warranties, and vehicle features.
- Resolved customer concerns and maintained professional communication across departments.
- Completed thorough opening, closing, and shift change functions to maintain operational standards each day.
Vice President
Automaxx of Pensacola Inc
Pensacola, Florida
12.1995 - 12.2017
- Directed dealership operations for Automaxx of Pensacola Inc across sales, service, and finance.
- Led managers through daily dealership priorities and policy decisions.
- Reviewed inventory, pricing, and vehicle acquisition plans.
- Coordinated customer relations standards across showroom and delivery teams.
- Monitored compliance with automotive sales and lending procedures.
- Guided budgeting, forecasting, and department planning for dealership functions.
- Partnered with lenders, vendors, and title staff on transaction flow.
- Oversaw hiring, training, and performance expectations for dealership leadership.
- Developed and executed strategic plans to support the vision of the organization.
- Identified problems and implemented solutions to better streamline operations.
- Collaborated with executive team members on major decisions regarding company-wide initiatives.
- Provided oversight of all departments in order to ensure smooth operation of daily activities.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors for services, products and supplies.
- Oversaw human resources functions such as recruitment, employee relations, training and benefits administration.
- Managed financial operations, overseeing budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis activities.
Education
High School Diploma -
Pine Forest High School
Pensacola, FL06-1983
Skills
- Conflict resolution
- Judgment and decision making
- Data management
- Excellent researching skills
- Team building
- Escrow Process Familiarity
- Data entry
- Legal document review
- Organizational skills
- Mortgage Documents Understanding
- Legal descriptions understanding
- Administrative skills
- Detail-oriented
- Examine titles
- Multitasking Abilities
- Document verification
- Adaptability
- Teamwork
- Legal research
Certification
- Community Association Manager
- Notary Public
Timeline
Title Clerk Specialist
Bill Cramer Chevrolet Buick GMC
02.2024 - Current
Mobile Notary Services
Self-employeed
09.2020 - 02.2024
Manager
Motorvation Auto Sales
02.2018 - 09.2020
Vice President
Automaxx of Pensacola Inc
12.1995 - 12.2017
High School Diploma -
Pine Forest High School