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title: Assign managers and vendors
slug: manager-guide/assign-managers-and-vendors
description: Learn how to assign managers and vendors to staff in Marco.
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createdAt: 2023-08-10T11:04:19.386Z
---

Assign who will manage the staff in Marco.

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# Assign Reporting Manager to staff

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**Who can use this feature:**
\- All managers
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Admin Managers can assign a Reporting Manager for all staff in the company, while other managers can assign a Reporting Manager for their managed staff only.

Each staff can only have one Reporting Manager.

**Before you begin**:

Ensure that the Reporting Manager's profile type is set as Manager Only or Manager & Staff. To learn how change a user's profile type, refer to [Update profile type](docId\:lyhhawxuqe5vIgtyFBXPh).

**To assign the staff's Reporting Manager:**

1. Go to **People**.
2. Select a staff > **Work**.
3. Under Work Info, select **Edit Info**.

   The Edit Work Info screen appears.
4. Select a Reporting Manager.
5. Select **Save Changes**.

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# Assign Data Managers to staff

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**Who can use this feature:**
\- Admin Managers
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Admin Managers can manage the staff's Data Manager assignment in two ways:

- Assign each staff individually to their Data Managers, using the staff's Data Managers list.
- Under a single Data Manager, bulk-assign staff using the manager's Manage People List.

Each staff can have multiple Data Managers.

**Before you begin**:

Ensure that the Data Manager's profile type is set as Manager Only or Manager & Staff. To learn how to change a user's profile type, refer to [Update profile type](docId\:lyhhawxuqe5vIgtyFBXPh).

**To assign Data Managers to staff:**

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1. Go to **People**.
2. Select a staff > **System**.
3. Under Data Managers, select **Edit**.

   The Edit Data Managers screen appears.
4. Select **Edit** and select the Data Managers.
5. Select **Save Changes**.
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:::Tab{title="Bulk-assign"}
1. Go to **People**.
2. Select a manager > **System**.
3. Under Manage People List, select **Edit**.
   The People List screen appears. The staff that are currently managed are found in the right-side list.
   ![Marco Platform's People List screen, showing a list of unassigned staff on the left and assigned staff on the right.](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/WDABVsk65VXvmNuRENOjp/W7XuLOTasGwo1eWqFfKJC_x3managepeoplelist.png)
4. To assign staff to a manager, select users in the left-side list and select **Add**.

   The staff are now assigned and can be found in the right-side list.
5. To remove staff from a manager, select users in the right-side list and select **Remove**.

   The staff are now unassigned can can be found in the left-side list.
6. Select **x** to close the screen.
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# Assign vendors to staff

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**Who can use this feature:**
\- Admin Managers
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Each staff can have multiple vendors.

**To assign the staff's vendor:**

1. Go to **People**.
2. Select a staff > **System**.
3. Under Vendors, select **Edit**.

   The Edit Vendors screen appears.
4. Select **Edit** and select the vendors.
5. Select **Save Changes**.