WebSphere Commerce supports the following organizational management roles:
- Buyer Administrator
- Buyer Approver
- Buyer (buy-side)
- Procurement Buyer Administrator
- Procurement Buyer (buy-side)
- Seller Administrator
The following table describes each role and the business model(s) each role can work within.
Role | Description | Business model(s) |
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![]() | The Buyer Administrator manages the information for the buying
organization. The Buyer Administrator creates and administers the
suborganizations within the buying organization and manages the various users,
including approving users as Buyers (buy-side).
Other buy-side roles such as buyer approvers and additional buyer organization administrators may be created and managed. | |
![]() | The Buyer Approver approves orders made by the Buyer (buy-side) before the order is submitted for purchase with the Seller. | |
![]() | The buyer (buy-side) purchases items from the seller on behalf of some customer account. Usually purchases are made under one or more agreements negotiated with the seller. The buyer interacts with the seller's web site to make purchases. | |
![]() | The Procurement Buyer Administrator registers users
as Procurement Buyers. They create and administer the sub-organizations within
their buying organization and manage the various users including approving
users as buyers.
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![]() | The Procurement Buyer is an individual who belongs to a buyer organization which uses a procurement system to connect to WebSphere Commerce. Procurement Buyers are registered when a request comes from the procurement system. Procurement Buyers use the account belonging to their buyer organization to make purchases from the seller. After purchasing, the Procurement Buyer sends their order to the procurement system for approval. | |
Seller Administrator | The Seller Administrator manages the information for the selling organization. Seller administrators create and administer the sub-organizations within the selling organization and the various users in the selling organization, including the assignment of the appropriate business roles. |
For information on the stores within the business models in which each role can perform, see the WebSphere Commerce Security Guide.