Clear Job Descriptions
Job titles should be accompanied by a description of duties. This ensures that supervisors and employees share a common understanding of the work expected.
Position Management Application
Manage positions, responsibilities and job grades alongside employee assignments in Sigma HRIS or Forte HRIS. When employees transfer or receive a promotion, HR can update their assignments while keeping the position's duties and requirements on record.
Clarify Duties and Responsibilities for Each Position
The same job title may appear in several departments or branches. HR needs to know what each role involves, where it belongs in the team and who currently holds it.
When job descriptions are scattered across old documents, HR has to confirm the details repeatedly. New employees and their managers may receive different explanations of the same role. Keeping position records organised gives everyone a consistent description to work from.
A Consistent List of Positions
A consistent job list helps HR align positions with departments and employees. It also makes discussing changes with relevant teams easier.
Keep Position Records When Employees Change Roles
A position is a role within a company. An employee is the person who fulfills that role. A position remains in existence even if the employee transfers, receives a promotion, or leaves the company.
Start with the position information your team uses every day. We help review your current list and how it supports HR work, then configure the application around those requirements.
Position Data
The position name, department, responsibilities, and working relationships define the role's requirements within the organization. This information serves as a reference when discussing team structure.
Employee Data
An employee's name, employee number and assignment show who currently holds a position. Update these details when an approved staffing change takes effect.
Position Information to Prepare
Start with the list HR uses today. Check that position names are consistent, departments are clear, and the main duties are easy to understand. Descriptions can be concise as long as they explain what the role involves.
Name and Department
List the position name and the department where it is located. If the same title is used in multiple units, provide context to avoid confusion.
Duties and Responsibilities
Outline the primary tasks expected of the position. Clear descriptions help both supervisors and employees understand the division of duties.
Working Relationships
Identify the direct supervisor and the departments with which the position frequently coordinates. These relationships do not necessarily correspond to the application's approval workflow.
Job Level
If your company uses job levels or grades, follow its established structure. Clear definitions help HR apply the same criteria when assigning grades to positions.
Updating Job Data Upon Employee Promotion
For instance, when an employee is promoted from staff to supervisor, HR requires details regarding the new role, department, and effective date. Any changes to responsibilities or compensation must be verified against company policy.
A change in role may entail a salary adjustment, subject to company policy. HR must document the specific components changing and their effective dates before updating payroll records.
Job Position within the Organizational Structure
Explore how departments fit together on the Organizational Structure page, including where each position sits in the team.
Administration of Employee Transfers and Promotions
Review the administrative procedures for position changes on the Employee Transfers and Promotions page, including the data requiring updates.
Use Position Records to Support Recruitment and Promotions
Position management gives HR a clear record of each role's duties, reporting line and responsibilities. The same title may involve different work at different branches, while similar roles may have different titles. Agreeing on job descriptions and grades makes these differences easier to explain. It also gives HR and managers a shared basis for recruitment criteria, competency reviews and career development discussions.
Position records connect workforce planning, recruitment and employee development. If descriptions are unclear, the same role may appear under different names in vacancies, HR records and management reports. Teams may then struggle to compare requirements or explain what the employee is responsible for. Start by stating why the role is needed and what work it covers. Record its main duties, reporting relationships and decision making authority so departments can use the same information without explaining it again each time.
A useful job description does not have to be long. Focus on the main tasks, expected results and reporting line. Similar roles across branches can share a description, with extra detail where local duties differ. When work changes, HR and department managers should check whether the description still matches the role. This keeps records useful and avoids creating new titles without explaining their purpose. During a demonstration, check how the application organises this information and how authorised users find the details they need.
Define the Duties and Authority of Each Position
For a new supervisor role, record the team size, the decisions the supervisor can make and the expected results. These details explain the role more clearly than a title alone. Agree on the terms used across departments before configuring the position management application. HR, managers and employees can then refer to the same description when discussing responsibilities.
Clear position records help when advertising a vacancy or considering a promotion. HR can build on an existing description instead of writing it again whenever someone changes roles. Start with the positions you use most often and confirm their titles and responsibilities. In a demonstration, compare two similar roles. Their differences in duties and authority will help identify which information your team needs to record.
Sigma HRIS supports on premises and private cloud deployment, while Forte HRIS is cloud based. Both serve small businesses through large enterprises, depending on their needs and IT policies. Our team helps map requirements, prepare records and configure the application. Tell us which HR processes you want to improve so the demonstration reflects your team's work. Support remains available after implementation for questions and user issues.
Choose Sigma HRIS or Forte HRIS to Match Your Business
Both products serve small businesses through large enterprises. Their main distinction is how you deploy and manage the system. We help you choose based on operational needs and IT policies.
Choose Sigma HRIS for on premises deployment on your own servers or in a private cloud. Our team helps configure the application around your HR processes and IT policies.
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Choose Forte HRIS for a cloud based application. We help select modules, prepare records and guide users according to your HR requirements.
Learn MoreSigma HRIS and Forte HRIS are continuously updated to reflect user needs, including ESS, mobile applications and AI powered capabilities. Explore them in a demonstration using examples from your business.
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Sigma Solusi Informatika has developed HR and payroll systems for more than 10 years. Drawing on this experience, our team can map your business processes in just a few hours.
Data Preparation and Application Setup
Start with the records and workflows you already use. We help prepare and migrate data and configure the application to fit your processes from the outset.
Application Support After Implementation
Our support team and project manager remain available after launch. We answer questions and help resolve issues so HR can keep work moving.
Position Management FAQs
What is a position management application?
A position management application helps HR record position titles, duties, departments, and reporting relationships. This data remains a reference point even when the employee filling the position changes.
What is the difference between a position and an employee?
A position is a role or post within the company, whereas an employee is the person filling it. A position can remain in place even when the person holding it changes.
Must a position have a level or grade?
Not necessarily. The use of levels or grades depends on each company's policy. If they are used, explain the structure during the consultation so that the application configuration requirements are understood.
Does a change in job position automatically result in a salary change?
Not always. Salary changes follow company policy and decisions. The HR team needs to verify if any adjustments are required before the data is used for payroll processing.
What should I prepare for the demo?
Prepare a list of current job positions, departments, primary duties, and reporting lines. Include levels or grades if the company uses them.
What if the same job title is used across multiple branches?
Record the job title along with its corresponding branch. For example, a Warehouse Supervisor in the Jakarta branch and one in the Bandung branch might have identical duties but be held by different employees.
Organize Job Data Based on Your Team's Needs
Bring your current list of positions. We will review your requirements and use relevant examples to demonstrate how the application can support your team.