A position represents the concrete form of a job, it is for the most part occupied by a person and is assigned to an organizational unit (or more than one organizational unit). An example of a position would be, therefore, secretary in the marketing department, whereas secretary would be a job. A position has a definite profile and can become vacant.

In accordance with the concept of organizational management, a position is based on the job which describes it. This means that a position inherits the tasks and characteristics of a job. This lowers your administrative costs. You only have to describe the position using tasks which are not inherited.

The main advantage of this concept is to be able to determine agents independently of individuals using SAP Business Workflow.

You can create and edit positions in both the Basic Organizational Plan and Reporting Structure areas of Simple Maintenance.