Shift Planner 

Technical name: SAP_HR_PT_SHIFT-PLANNER

Tasks

The Shift Planner role is performed by employees in the individual departments of a company, such as foremen and heads of departments, or, in hospitals, by charge nurses and doctors.

The Shift Planner plans the working times, shifts, and absence times of the employees assigned to him or her, taking account of the employees’ qualifications and preferred working times, and laws, guidelines, and cost factors.

He or she makes sure that enough qualified employees are available for the required tasks. If required, the Shift Planner enters changes to the plan, and makes employees available for other departments.

Activities in Personnel Time Management

The time management activities for this role include:

 

Integration

The Shift Planner does not normally work in a centralized personnel department. You therefore use this role if you perform time management tasks decentrally in your company, that is, tasks are delegated to employees in departments due to their familiarity with the other employees and the subject matter.

The Time Supervisor has first responsibility for the planning and administration of time and labor data. He or she delegates particular time management tasks to employees in the department. The Time Administrator and Shift Planner roles are provided for these tasks.

The Time Supervisor, Time Administrator, and Shift Planner roles can be performed by the same person. Other persons who are involved in the decentralized time management process are the employees who record their own working times and absence times. SAP provides Employee Self-Service applications such as the Cross-Application Time Sheet and interfaces to time recording subsystems for this purpose.

If required, the Payroll Administrator in the central HR department can supplement the recorded data in order to be able to run the payroll. This relates to sensitive administrative data or data that is relevant for payment, such as information for continued pay.