Time Supervisor (SAP Library

Time Supervisor

Technical name: SAP_HR_PT_TIME-SUPERVISOR

Tasks

The Time Supervisor role is performed by executive employees in the individual departments of a company, such as those with personnel responsibility, department heads, project managers, or foremen.

Just as a cost center manager has responsibility for the costs originating in his or her department, the time supervisor has responsibility for the time and labor data of the employees assigned to him or her, generally a small to medium-sized group.

The T ime S upervisor plans and approves leave and alterations to working times. He or she orders overtime as required, and regularly monitors the amount of overtime worked in the department. He or she checks and approves employees’ activity reports, and monitors absence times.

In departments where workloads or working times vary drastically or which have changing requirements for employees’ qualifications, the planning of working times can be supported by a shift planning function. In such cases, the Time Supervisor also monitors the results of the planning process.

Activities in Personnel Time Management

The time management activities for this role include:

Monitoring employees’ availability
Checking and approving absence times and work recorded in the Cross-Application Time Sheet Employee Self-Service application
Creating reports on time data
Approving the target planning and determining the qualitative and quantitative personnel requirements, if your company uses SAP Shift Planning

Integration

The Time Supervisor does not normally work in a centralized HR department . You therefore use this role if time management tasks are performed 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 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 Shift Planner and Time Administrator 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.