What it means
کارپرداز (kar-pardaz) is a compound built from کار (kar, “work”) and پرداز from the verb پرداختن (pardākhtan, “to handle, to attend to”). Both parts are pure Persian, making this one of the genuinely native terms in Iranian administrative vocabulary. In formal and governmental contexts it refers to a procurement officer or purchasing agent, the person responsible for sourcing goods, paying vendors, and managing supply on behalf of an institution. A close synonym in more everyday speech is مسئول خرید (mas’ul-e kharid, “purchasing manager”).
How to use it
- کارپرداز اداره امروز نیست. (kar-pardaz-e edāre emruz nist.) “The office procurement officer is not in today.”
- باید درخواست خودت رو به کارپرداز بدی. (bāyad darkhāst-e khodat ro be kar-pardaz bedi.) “You need to submit your request to the procurement officer.”
- کارپرداز قرارداد رو امضا کرد. (kar-pardaz qarārdād ro emzā kard.) “The purchasing agent signed the contract.”
- این وظیفه کارپرداز سازمانه. (in vazife-ye kar-pardaz-e sāzmāne.) “This is the responsibility of the organization’s procurement officer.”
Cultural note
The title کارپرداز appears frequently in Iranian government agencies, universities, and state-owned companies, where procurement is a formal, regulated function governed by public tender laws. Because government purchasing is tightly audited in Iran, the کارپرداز role carries significant administrative weight and legal accountability. In private companies the same function is usually called مسئول خرید or simply واحد تدارکات (vāhed-e tadārokāt, “logistics unit”).