B2B Accounts Ordering for Employees

Hey, Shopify Community! I am working with developers and trying to be a better project manager In this, I need some help casting a project vision, but my knowledge limits me. :sweat_smile:

My business is building an expansion store for a B2B client. Initially, they just wanted Ordering Managers to have B2B New Customer Accounts that order to business locations. Easy. :white_check_mark:

Now, they want to send HR Data feed of their employees for their Ordering Managers to see and order based on that. My dev team confirmed that they can build a custom app to translate that data feed. :chart_increasing:

Here is where I am stumped: Should I ask my devs to turn that employee data into customer accounts or some kind of metaobject? ?

If they were accounts, the Ordering Managers (B2B account) would have to have control to order for them and see those accounts (not sure if this is possible; that’s what I want to know) :backhand_index_pointing_left:

If they are some object, then they would never be accounts. Managers (B2B accounts) would be the only ones that could order for the team (it might be best for their company’s security and spending, but then there are no opportunities to get the employees involved in buying their company’s Storefront; it B2B restricted).

I’m not sure if this all made sense; :face_with_crossed_out_eyes::dizzy: I just wanted to give my devs some good direction on where the data should go.