From predicting the next flavor trend to revolutionizing procurement with AI, Guy Peri is leading a bold digital transformation at McCormick & Company. In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Guy about how he’s bringing AI and data strategy to life at a 135-year-old flavor giant. Drawing from nearly three decades at Procter & Gamble, Guy shares how McCormick is building a modern digital backbone, using AI to forecast demand and ingredient pricing, and upskilling employees into citizen data scientists.

Highlights include:

McCormick’s digital transformation pillars

How AI predicts procurement costs and retail trends

The making of the Flavor Forecast

The future of Agentic AI and human-machine collaboration

Upskilling and shifting organizational culture through digital fluency