Said that’s very much the position (4)
I believe the answer is:
site
'position' is the definition.
(I know that site is a type of position)
'said that's very much the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'that's' could be 'ie' (abbreviation for 'id est', 'that is' in Latin) and 'ie' is found within the remaining letters.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for site that I've seen before include "station" , "Ties into building location" , "Location; locate" , "Building land" , "Location or piece of land" .)